On 3/27/07, David R. Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm just curious...does anyone in the Philippines on this list actually
use Bayanihan as their Primary Linux distro? Near as I can tell from
talking to a few of you, mostly it is a Red Hat variant or Debian.
Dave
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David R. Meyer
http://www.davidmeyer.org
Hi David,
My guess is that most of the folks on this list already have a
preference for one distro or another given their technical background
and years of experience in using free and open source software.
Others simply do not believe that Bayanihan is a worthwhile endeavor
and would rather support or promote their distro of choice or whatever
distro is the current rave. Once I overheard a professor tell a
student who was excited to see the new version of Bayanihan that it is
"too soft".
But inspite of this, I think that Bayanihan Linux developers remain
committed to helping bridge the digital divide between the
Philippines' e-haves and e-have-nots by coming out with innovations
that address the Philippines' unique circumstances.
AFAICT Bayanihan users are new to FOSS and mostly come from the
academe, small businesses and government and because of their lack of
experience with FOSS they take advantage of the free technical support
Bayanihan provides.
Most of them do not even participate in groups like PLUG for the first
year or so and so Bayanihan developers are oftentimes the first people
they talk to when they want to find out about FOSS.
--
Rage Callao
Free Software :: empower :: educate
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