nothing fancy, but what exactly did they create?......another linux distro with
StarOffice etc? another case of reinventing what has been done already.......am sure
the regular run on the mill distros can do as much out of the box......the take off
point is not another distro..... it takes a lot of balls to eventually persuade our
government to end up on Linux. such an effort will entail a lot of policy lobbying,
political will and overall rethinking.....oh well, wer do we start ?
sigh...
Denis Sarmiento
Lockheed Martin - The Aerospace Company
Running 96 days 7 hours 10 mins - SuSE Linux Enterprise S390 mainframe
On Thu, 30 Aug 2001 17:56:41
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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>- ----- Original Message -----
>From: Marvin T. Pascual <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 3:52 PM
>Subject: Re: [plug] PROPOSAL FOR A COMMUNITY PROJECT
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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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