On Thu, Dec 20, 2001 at 12:16:55AM -0500, Jared Odulio wrote: > Magandang topic yan...Kasi, sa isang typical Pinoy developer yung > kumikita baga ng around 50k-80k a month mahihirapan mag contribute yan > sa free software initiatives. Bakit? una sa lahat hindi na sila > nagiisip, ang sarap na ng buhay na nila pahihirapan pa nila sarili nila.
hindi sa pagpapahirap... Ingles muna ako p're, mahina ako sa Tagalog... OK maybe I'm going along the wrong track, maybe it's not the individual programmers who would find the "itch to scratch," but companies who would use it to solve their problems... while some companies locally are proclaiming that they are free software users, they don't realize the full benefit until they use the source and customize it according to their needs. > Pangalawa yung mga Pinoy developers na holder ng H1B visa na nasa Tate > na, hindi rin magiisip(innovatively) yun, grabe mang-pressure ang mga > kano (kung minsan parang gusto mong magpasalamat kay Bin Laden pag > naalala mo ang mga panggugulang nila at sa kanilang walang humpay na > "credit grabbing") so paano ka pa magiisip eh dollars plus asskissing ok > na sila. 'di ko alam yan, di pa ako nakapagtrabaho sa abroad... pero [OT] ganon ba?? and I thought some people say that they like working abroad coz there's less office politics, etc. hmmm are there Pinoys working in open source companies in the US or elsewhere? > Buti pa mga Indians nagtutulungan (Syet, ang ganda ng naval > corvette nila naka dock sa Manila South Harbor kanina, sigurado may > Linux doon). yup I read recently about the Bangalore Linux Users Group... so PLUG better get serious... > Eto pa ang masaklap, karamihan sa Pinoy developer na > kumikita ng 10k-15k at feeling nila sobrang galing na nila sa Visual > Basic 5.0(as of year 2001) ang pagkakaintindi nila sa software laging > may bayad. well that's if they're software-as-product vendors. but what about software-as-service or system integrators? service providers? (e.g. ISP's, telcos, data centers...) for the latter, it's much easier to reuse free software and you can provide commercial services using free software. > So paano na yung free software initiative? Points to Ponder: It takes > tremendous discipline to get involved and contribute in open source > projects, syempre kailangan din nating magtrabaho at kumita pero > discipline talaga ang pinakamahirap ma-attain. I disagree, some PLUGgers have made small hacks which are contributions to free software... the discipline is if you want to get into the project big-time, but if it's YOUR JOB or YOUR ACADEMIC REQUIREMENT to do it, then you have to! > Another point, No Man Can > Serve Two Masters otherwise madalas kang fsck. In other word Dual > Booting with Windows are for wimps! Nag-Linux ka pa kung babalik ka rin > sa Windows para kang Buddhist na nagpa-convert sa Islam pero ayaw mong > magpahaba ng balbas. Anong bang kaya ng Windows na hindi kaya ng Linux? I disagree, though that's another topic altogether... there are very few here in PLUG who run Linux exclusively... > To get involved kailangan mo na ring kalimutan yung hindi puede from the > old ways. We have to grab opportunities wherever we can find it. Who > knows your free software will no longer free in the future when someone > wants to buy it (In big sums). With the open source licenses like GPL, it can't be done. With BSD, it can... > Identify what you need to accomplish, stick with it and specialize. Last > day, I signed for the Developer Program of Sharp's Zaurus PDA(Google > Keyword: Sharp Zaurus) which runs under Linux they will give free tools > and once your software passed their standards they can market it along > with their PDA(O diba, big bucks). Kung mahihikayat natin ang mga Pinoy > developers na sumali dito at makakuha tayo ng critical mass na halos sa > 'tin lahat nanggagaling ang mga projects nila baka makatulong pa tayo sa > bansa na mai-angat ang economy natin (malay nyo) great... though I'm personally not interested in PDA apps since I'm not a PDA user... I like server-side apps... but who knows, we can get the framework running for all kinds of developers. _ 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]
