Re: [plug] FOSS Forum

2006-09-22 Thread Rogelio Serrano
On 9/23/06, Dean Michael Berris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > are we better than them because we chose the more pragmatic > proprietary software? You think using FOSS in government is about being better than other countries? > did we gain advantage over them because we can > focus our resourc

Re: [plug] FOSS Forum

2006-09-22 Thread Dean Michael Berris
Hi Paolo, On 9/23/06, Paolo Alexis Falcone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This only supports the situation where inferior FOSS will be used just > because it's FOSS, compared to competent non-FOSS when the bill does > get passed into law in its current incarnation. Huh? The current law doesn't

Re: [plug] DNS propagation time

2006-09-22 Thread Zak B. Elep
On 9/23/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Gumawa ng zone yung ang isang webhosting company (let say TTL nya is 5D). Pano ko malalaman (on my end) kung ilang oras/araw ko na lang aantayin yung propagation ng dns? My way bang i-check ko ito? Pano? IIRC you can get an idea of when a

Re: [plug] FOSS Forum

2006-09-22 Thread Zak B. Elep
On 9/23/06, Tito Mari Francis Escaño <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Give the guy a break, he sounds like in the Micro$oft Linux FUD Campaign payroll, no matter how he tries to convince everyone, including himself, that he supports FOSS. You know better than to say that, Tito. For what its worth, t

Re: [plug] FOSS Forum

2006-09-22 Thread Paolo Alexis Falcone
On Sat, 2006-09-23 at 13:59 +0800, Dean Michael Berris wrote: > the municipality where my uncle is Mayor, helped him set up the eLGU > system provided by the NCC (which is crappy FOSS), and have had my > share of Windows 2000 horror stories. eRPTS really sucked (there, I've said it) - having hear

Re: [plug] FOSS Forum

2006-09-22 Thread Dean Michael Berris
Hi Roger! On 9/23/06, Roger Filomeno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ahem. Intermission. A very nice one indeed. ;-) It seems we are all mostly concerned with the bill's _mandatory_ nature to promote FOSS by directly restricting the freedom of choice of platform/OS/etc IMHO its more proper to ca

Re: [plug] FOSS Forum

2006-09-22 Thread Dean Michael Berris
Hi Tito Mari Francis Escaño, On 9/23/06, Tito Mari Francis Escaño <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Give the guy a break, he sounds like in the Micro$oft Linux FUD Campaign payroll, no matter how he tries to convince everyone, including himself, that he supports FOSS. You talking about me? Hmmm...

[plug] Re: DNS propagation time

2006-09-22 Thread rare_daffodills
Tito Mari Francis Escaño writes: Use whois, i.e. whois Nope. It doesnt answer my question. Regards, Iris Lames Brainbench Transcript no: 4387542 Linux user: 298456 _ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List plug@lists.linux.org.ph

Re: [plug] FOSS Forum

2006-09-22 Thread Dean Michael Berris
Hi Thad! On 9/23/06, thad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Dean, I would rather you be heard by our congressmen and it is within your right and privilege. The thing is the bill was filed in congress, the chair has no other recourse but to refer that bill to an appropriate committee. So no matter

Re: [plug] FOSS Forum

2006-09-22 Thread Charles Yao
I agree, the problem is the mandatory nature of the proposed bill. The government should not be biased towards OSS or proprietary software. The government should be free to use whatever works for them. If they have to pay for it, then they have to. RHEL and Suse Enterprise Linux are both commer

Re: [plug] FOSS Forum

2006-09-22 Thread Paolo Alexis Falcone
On Sat, 2006-09-23 at 11:41 +0800, Dean Michael Berris wrote: > Hi Paolo, > > On 9/23/06, Paolo Alexis Falcone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 2006-09-22 at 20:19 +0800, Dean Michael Berris wrote: > > > > > > Oh wait, but the FOSS bill doesn't even cover that part of the > > > equation on p

Re: [plug] DNS propagation time

2006-09-22 Thread Tito Mari Francis Escaño
Use whois, i.e. whois Hope this helps. Thanks! On 9/23/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi All, Tinanong lang po ito sa akin pero di ko rin nasagot kaya tanong ko rin po sa inyo. Gumawa ng zone yung ang isang webhosting company (let say TTL nya is 5D). Pano ko malalaman (on

Re: [plug] FOSS Forum

2006-09-22 Thread Tito Mari Francis Escaño
Give the guy a break, he sounds like in the Micro$oft Linux FUD Campaign payroll, no matter how he tries to convince everyone, including himself, that he supports FOSS. On 9/23/06, thad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Dean, I would rather you be heard by our congressmen and it is within your righ

[plug] DNS propagation time

2006-09-22 Thread rare_daffodills
Hi All, Tinanong lang po ito sa akin pero di ko rin nasagot kaya tanong ko rin po sa inyo. Gumawa ng zone yung ang isang webhosting company (let say TTL nya is 5D). Pano ko malalaman (on my end) kung ilang oras/araw ko na lang aantayin yung propagation ng dns? My way bang i-check ko ito? Pan

Re: [plug] FOSS Forum

2006-09-22 Thread thad
Hi Dean, I would rather you be heard by our congressmen and it is within your right and privilege. The thing is the bill was filed in congress, the chair has no other recourse but to refer that bill to an appropriate committee. So no matter what we talked and discussed here it will just be for

Re: [plug] FOSS Forum

2006-09-22 Thread Dean Michael Berris
Hi Thad, On 9/23/06, thad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This discussions are getting out of bounds! I beg to differ... We're still arguing on topic. If you really wanna rant with all of your brain out do your mind twisting allegories in the hall of congress when the public hearing for this bil

Re: [plug] FOSS Forum

2006-09-22 Thread Dean Michael Berris
Hi Paolo, On 9/23/06, Paolo Alexis Falcone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, 2006-09-22 at 20:19 +0800, Dean Michael Berris wrote: > > Oh wait, but the FOSS bill doesn't even cover that part of the > equation on procurement and acquisition of third party service! And > even if there's bidding p

Re: [plug] FOSS Forum

2006-09-22 Thread Dean Michael Berris
Hi Rogelio, On 9/22/06, Rogelio Serrano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 9/22/06, Dean Michael Berris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Having read this post again, I am a little apprehensive with the term > "acquire" because it has something to do with ownership. I would > rather use the term "procur

Re: [plug] FOSS Forum

2006-09-22 Thread thad
This discussions are getting out of bounds! If you really wanna rant with all of your brain out do your mind twisting allegories in the hall of congress when the public hearing for this bill will be held. We heard and read enough after all your lectures will be a great learning experience for all

Re: [plug] rhel4: how to install using command line

2006-09-22 Thread Joey S. Eisma
hi! Since you have the RHEL CDs, I assume you have a support contract, and therefore have access to RHN. Use that. i have evaluation CD's (thanks touchpoint), i have restrictions so i cannot get access to RHN (yet). you mean i cannot install packages off the CDs without a connection to RHN?

Re: [plug] rhel4: how to install using command line

2006-09-22 Thread Joey S. Eisma
rpm -q dhcp-3.0.1-12_EL -l | grep conf no output, i would assume that the installation doesnt create a default .conf file. unlike, say, ubuntu.. _ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List plug@lists.linux.org.ph (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.

[plug] Tablet OS 2006: GNU/Linux-Powered OS for Nokia 770 Internet Tablet (was @ 2005: Nokia launches 770 using Linux as OS)

2006-09-22 Thread Ariz Jacinto
Download  (Tablet OS 2006, available since June 2006): http://www.nokiausa.com/support/phones/softwareupdate/1,8461,770,00.htmlLooking for a christmas gift? http://www.nokiausa.com/phones/addtocart/1,1890,phonecode:770|service:0|carrier:,00.htmlBackground Info:---FTA: http://w

Re: [plug] IBM Director on Linux

2006-09-22 Thread thad
Are you using lpar with linux or aix5.3? We also using nmon in our IBM servers. Thad On 9/22/06, roderick tapang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 9/22/06, Tony Raboza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Peeps, > > Sino dito may IBM servers running Linux? Ini-install ba ninyo yung IBM > Director? Ok b

Re: [plug] IBM Director on Linux

2006-09-22 Thread roderick tapang
On 9/22/06, Tony Raboza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Peeps, Sino dito may IBM servers running Linux? Ini-install ba ninyo yung IBM Director? Ok ba siya -- o gamit na lang ako iba -- like snmpd? Kaka-install ko lang ng agent ... napansin ko Java app siya. Thanks. - Tony i'm still using nmon

Re: [plug] FOSS Forum

2006-09-22 Thread Paolo Alexis Falcone
On Fri, 2006-09-22 at 20:19 +0800, Dean Michael Berris wrote: > Hi Paolo, > > > > In the case of Inferior FOSS vs. Competent non-FOSS : the government > > > will use FOSS if this bill becomes law!!! And that's what you say is > > > clearly more advantageous to government? > > > > For crying out lo

Re: [plug] FOSS Forum

2006-09-22 Thread Rogelio Serrano
On 9/22/06, Dean Michael Berris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Rage! On 9/22/06, Rage Callao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Correct me if I'm wrong but we do seem to agree on some points here such as: > > 1. That government should only acquire software wherein it has access > to the source code.

[plug] IBM Director on Linux

2006-09-22 Thread Tony Raboza
Peeps,Sino dito may IBM servers running Linux?  Ini-install ba ninyo yung IBM Director?  Ok ba siya -- o gamit na lang ako iba -- like snmpd?  Kaka-install ko lang ng agent ... napansin ko Java app siya.  Thanks. - Tony _ Philippine Linux Users' Group

Re: [plug] FOSS Forum

2006-09-22 Thread Dean Michael Berris
Hi Rage! On 9/22/06, Rage Callao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Correct me if I'm wrong but we do seem to agree on some points here such as: 1. That government should only acquire software wherein it has access to the source code. Having read this post again, I am a little apprehensive with the

Re: [plug] FOSS Forum

2006-09-22 Thread Dean Michael Berris
Hi David! On 9/22/06, david t. asuncion, jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Elo Sir Dean, No "Sir" please. ;-) On 9/22/06, Dean Michael Berris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Oh wait, but the FOSS bill doesn't even cover that part of the > equation on procurement and acquisition of third party s

Re: [plug] FOSS Forum

2006-09-22 Thread Dean Michael Berris
Hi Rage! On 9/22/06, Rage Callao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Correct me if I'm wrong but we do seem to agree on some points here such as: 1. That government should only acquire software wherein it has access to the source code. 2. That government should be free to modify the code by itself or

Re: [plug] webhosting

2006-09-22 Thread david t. asuncion, jr.
You may also want to try ploghost.com.-- David Tacasa Asuncion, Jr.website keeper, forever linux newbie, BUM extraordinaireLinux User # 406430 http://counter.li.org/GPG: 0A024BC0 _ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List plug@lists.linux.org

Re: [plug] webhosting

2006-09-22 Thread JALANI \"paner\" C. MONTILA
try mo wordprocomputers.com cheapest!   "Jed R. Mallen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 9/21/06, Jay Hermida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> hello, can anyone suggest the cheapest webhosting here in the phils? or any> quotations at all?>> thanks for the feedback guys.http://www.philhosting.net/P30/mo o

Re: [plug] FOSS Forum

2006-09-22 Thread david t. asuncion, jr.
Elo Sir Dean,On 9/22/06, Dean Michael Berris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In the case of Inferior FOSS vs. Competent non-FOSS : the government> > will use FOSS if this bill becomes law!!! And that's what you say is> > clearly more advantageous to government? >> For crying out loud... you don't ne

Re: [plug] rhel4: how to install using command line

2006-09-22 Thread JM
Hi Joey, On Friday 22 September 2006 13:51, Joey S. Eisma wrote: > hi! > > i need to install application (i.e. dhcp) using the command line. i dont > have x installed. how do you do that? > > having stfw, i encountered yum. > > i try to run "yum" but i get "command not found." how do you install

Re: [plug] FOSS Forum

2006-09-22 Thread Rage Callao
Hi Dean, On 9/22/06, Dean Michael Berris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Rage, On 9/22/06, Rage Callao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Dean, > > On 9/22/06, Dean Michael Berris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, then make certain "standards" regarding the contents of the > > softare licenses an

Re: [plug] FOSS Forum

2006-09-22 Thread Dean Michael Berris
Hi Paolo, On 9/22/06, Paolo Alexis Falcone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, 2006-09-22 at 10:28 +0800, Dean Michael Berris wrote: > > Googling [define: bias] :: > > # influence in an unfair way; "you are biasing my choice by telling me yours" > # a partiality that prevents objective considerat

Re: [plug] FOSS Forum

2006-09-22 Thread Paolo Alexis Falcone
On Fri, 2006-09-22 at 10:28 +0800, Dean Michael Berris wrote: > Hi Paolo! > > On 9/21/06, Paolo Alexis Falcone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 22:19 +0800, Dean Michael Berris wrote: > > > > > > Sorry, there is a difference between "bias against something" and > > > "exception

Re: [plug] FOSS Forum

2006-09-22 Thread Dean Michael Berris
Hi Paolo, On 9/22/06, Paolo Alexis Falcone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, 2006-09-22 at 16:13 +0800, Dean Michael Berris wrote: > Hi Rage, > > > What I'm saying is that it's alright for government to say that "for > all further ICT projects wherein software will have to be > procured/acquire

Re: [plug] FOSS Forum

2006-09-22 Thread Paolo Alexis Falcone
On Fri, 2006-09-22 at 16:13 +0800, Dean Michael Berris wrote: > Hi Rage, > > On 9/22/06, Rage Callao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Dean, > > > > On 9/22/06, Dean Michael Berris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Well, then make certain "standards" regarding the contents of the > > > softare lice

Re: [plug] rhel4: how to install using command line

2006-09-22 Thread roderick tapang
On 9/22/06, Joey S. Eisma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: i understand up2date needs to connect to RHN, what if i want to install from the install CDs? you mount the CD first? :) yum is not part of RHEL4. you can get it from dag.wieers.com if you want. -- roderick e. tapang, nclp retapang at gmai

Re: [plug] rhel4: how to install using command line

2006-09-22 Thread Gideon Guillen
On 9/22/06, Joey S. Eisma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: i understand up2date needs to connect to RHN, Since you have the RHEL CDs, I assume you have a support contract, and therefore have access to RHN. Use that. Now, if you don't have a support contract, use CentOS instead! -- Gideon N. Guille

Re: [plug] FOSS Forum

2006-09-22 Thread Dean Michael Berris
Hi Rage, On 9/22/06, Rage Callao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Dean, On 9/22/06, Dean Michael Berris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, then make certain "standards" regarding the contents of the > softare licenses and not the type of license the software comes in. It > shouldn't matter that it

Re: [plug] rhel4: how to install using command line

2006-09-22 Thread Joey S. Eisma
i try to run "yum" but i get "command not found." how do you install yum? For the real RHEL (not CentOS) use up2date instead of yum. i understand up2date needs to connect to RHN, what if i want to install from the install CDs? thanks! _ Ph

Re: [plug] FOSS Forum

2006-09-22 Thread Rage Callao
Hi Dean, On 9/22/06, Dean Michael Berris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well, then make certain "standards" regarding the contents of the softare licenses and not the type of license the software comes in. It shouldn't matter that it's a FOSS license which the OSI determines, or a license that simpl

Re: [plug] webhosting

2006-09-22 Thread Jed R. Mallen
On 9/21/06, Jay Hermida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: hello, can anyone suggest the cheapest webhosting here in the phils? or any quotations at all? thanks for the feedback guys. http://www.philhosting.net/ P30/mo on the basic plan (60MB...) haven't tried it tho. -- Jed R. Mallen GPG key ID: