Instead of pursuing for the Free and Open Source initiatives, the government has recently signed some tie-ups with Microsoft and proprietary companies to boost the computing capability of public school teachers and students. Why not do it like brazil? http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7635 or munich? There should be some strong group lobbying for this *like the groups in EU.
prem On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 22:50:43 +0800, Gideon N. Guillen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 2004-06-24 at 21:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I do not expect to see the people living in the 'barong-barongs sa > > tabi-tabi' to have their hands on a computer running Linux (at least, > > for a long time). > > With the work ASTI is doing on Bayanihan Linux and M$ squeezing the the > public through their anti-piracy measures, it makes sense for public > schools to use an alternative such as Linux. I believe that's where the > prople from the "barong-barong sa tabi-tabi" who would use Linux would > be coming from. Most schools only use it to teach how to use a word > processor and a spread sheet program, and little to no programming > lessons, so why not use an open source alternative like OpenOffice.org > running on Linux and teach concepts regarding using such tools and not > teaching on how to use an application. > > -- > ======================================================================= > > Gideon N. Guillen > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > PGP Public Keys: > > DSS/Diffie-Hellman > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > RSA Key: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ======================================================================= > -- > 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 > -- http://premrara.com -- 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
