> Speaking of which maybe we can tackle something that was discussed in the
> PLUG meeting, specifically offering a "way out" of proprietary software
> for office and government agencies. Consistent with our multi-pronged
> approach, education and advocacy, maybe we can come up with an open source
> alternative to typical windows environments that will allow government
> agencies to fully or partially migrate to a linux environment with the
> least possible hassle.
>
> The goal i am thinking of is to make a "distro" [open source of course]
> that will support this kind of setup off the box. We don't need to make an
> entirely new distro, we can modify a RH or Mandrake distro and put in our
> own packages..
How about if we conduct a sort of symposium/seminar on the "Advantages of
Linux and the Open Source Softwares" or "What can Linux do or something"
and invite the top-level management of different government agencies
(especially the DOST - should support this plan) first? I assume that most
of the top-level management of the different government agencies doesn't
know or heard "Linux" itself. Correct me if I'm wrong, most top-officials
in the IT department of the different agencies are not BSCS or related
studies degree holder. As long as they got a Masteral degree just like here
in our office, they are automatically qualified.
Anyway, if ever we could make that symposium/seminar, siguro naman at least
30% of all the attendies will probably try Linux in their agencies. By
then, if they will like it, maybe they could recommend PLUG to develop a
PLUG's Linux Distro partly/fully supported by the government.
What do you think guys? = )
...grabe ang imaginations ko ano? = )
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