On Monday 31 March 2003 05:05 pm, Carlo wrote:
> We need all the help we can get. That is why we are setting up the Open
> Minds to be our umbrella organization to tackle not only Technical (PLUG
> can handle that part) but also political, business development and
> marketing issues. One of the Open Minds initiatives is to create a list of
> companies supporting Linux and Open Source. That is just to handle the
> technical support issue being thrown against us.
>
> So those who have not yet heeded the call of Ian to enlist their companies
> as providers of Open source services, please do so now. And for those
> freelance linux administrators and php programmers who are not aligned with
> any company yet, maybe you can form an organization and be represented in
> open minds (I am not sure if PLUG could be that one).
>
> We are planning a big event to make the local market aware of our existence
> and at the same time attract foreign companies to outsource to the
> Philippines. So start beefing up our technical capabilities. Be listed. We
> have to show we are organized. We want to position Open Minds as the org
> that can organize the Open Source community and make it a real outsourcing
> force to reckon with. If it pushes through, the event will be sometime in
> August. I am in the process of drawing up the concept paper. Suggestions
> are welcome.
That's very good news! Thanks to Carlo and others who will participate in this
effort. May you be instrumental in moving the Philippine IT industry for the
better.
I also salute the PLUGGERS and other free/open source enthusiast who never
tire of helping others and contributing to the advancement of these
endeavors. Whatever simple and humble work that we do (reporting and patching
vulnerabilities, teaching skills to others, debugging software, advocacy,
installfests, etc) ultimately rebounds good to the software community in
general.
--
mikol
"What I already believe with faith
can be proved by way of logic and reason."
-- St. Thomas Aquinas
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