----- Original Message ----- From: neuroticimbecile <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 9:11 PM Subject: Re: [plug] How to have more Pinoy free software developers?
> on second thought, we may have to go higher up in the food chain. maybe the > people responsible for plotting curriculums. Precisely! If Linux and other Open Source Software is part of the curriculum, then that would be our first step. > and how far down into the roots should we go on this? highschool? maybe > even elementary? incidentally, i think there's going to be a conference of > highschool operators (or whatever you call them) real soon. it may be a good > venue to explain the idea to the people who actually make the decisions. > > ofcourse their decisions are constrained by the dictates of the decs, which > is rumored to mandate a microsoft-centered curriculum real soon because of > the government's arrangements with bill g. That's really a great problem. Mauubusan lang tayo ng laway at hindi man siguro natin ma-meet ang objectives natin kung in the first place, as what I've said, Linux is not a part of the curriculum or is not even mentioned in any of the subjects. Kahit man lang na i-discuss na M$ Windows is not only the Operating Systems that exists, there are Unix, Linux, BSDs, OS/2, BeOS, MacOS, etc. To tell you honestly, in my college days, I haven't knew that there are still OSes exists besides M$ Windows if I wasn't able to browse the web and searched "Operating Systems" and found out that there are many of them. And that's way back in my 3rd year 2nd semester already. It's a big shame in my part and to my alma mater but it's the truth that we were not even heard any other OSes except for M$ Windows and a little on Novell from our teachers. --- Marvin T. Pascual Analyst/Programmer Bureau of Internal Revenue Tel. # (+63-2) 929-7676 local 7068 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
