I was going through the Bayanihan website [http://bayanihan.gov.ph] and noticed in the news box the article entitled "RP an 'anomaly' in Linux Adoption." [http://www.inq7.net/inf/2003/nov/17/inf_4-1.htm] Curiosity led me to check out the article.
It reads... <quote> THE ADOPTION of Linux in the Philippines seems to be going against the general trend, in which early adopters usually come from the public and education sector, an information technology analyst said. "The Philippine IT market is an interesting anomaly in their adoption of Linux versus Microsoft. While we generally see the early adopters of Linux to be in the public and education sector, the Philippine private sector seems to be ahead of the public and education sector," Lauro Vives, vice-president and Philippine country manager for META Group Asia Pacific, said. </quote> I wonder where he got his information about early adopters in the Philippines. It would seem to me that the early adopters of Linux here in the Philippines came primarily from the academe (education sector) and fanned out from there. Interest in Linux from the private sector appeared much later. What did he mean when he said that the private sector seems to be ahead of the public and education sector? In what respect is the private sector ahead? The rest of the article goes back to observations about the behemoth from Seattle and his take on their future strategies. -- ___ _____________________________ eric pareja (xenos AT maharlika.upm.edu.ph) \e/ [ Philippine Linux Users' Group ] Linux User #8159 http://counter.li.org _v_ [Python Power!] [Debian Rocks!] [Ubiquitous Computing] /. #2834 Software Free the books! [http://www.bookcrossing.com/referral/pusakat] Freedom Join us on IRC: #plug irc.free.net.ph:6667 | www.upm.edu.ph/~xenos/weblog -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
