Nope. not redo the wheel, but build upon the expertise.
Remarkable as what our individual achievements have done, we must use our
collective expertise so that we can build a cohesive system that can be
adapted to an office environment - something we can throw at TPTB and say,
"look, there's no reason for you to use anything proprietary anymore!"
On Thu, 30 Aug 2001, Rino Mardo wrote:
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> if q-linux already did something that works out of the box for
> endusers then why reinvent the wheel?
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> let's use that and enhance it further.
>
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> > > 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.
> >
> > In addition, let's also start with PLUG's Linux distro for Desktops
> > kasi 'yan ang in-need for the end-users. Just like what the
> > Q-Linux did. A distro that already has the StarOffice, KDE/Gnome,
> > etc.
> >
> > Siguro naman, if the government will support PLUG to develop this
> > kind of project, hindi lang mari-recognize ang PLUG as an Open
> > Source Organization in the Philippines but the organization will
> > also gain funds and encourage programmers to develop programs in
> > Linux.
> >
> > Mabuhay ang Open Source Community! = )
> >
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