Re: [plug] FOSS and the Philippines

2007-01-05 Thread Sir John Nueva
On 12/28/06, David R. Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello All, In my thinking, one way to lock in FOSS in the Philippines is to do two things. 1. Push Bayanihan to join Asianix. This would give it the support it needs to be used Asia-wide. 2. Push the Philippine government to use Bayani

Re: [plug] FOSS and the Philippines

2006-12-28 Thread Rage Callao
On 12/29/06, Rom Feria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Really? And I thought that Bayanihan will be Ubuntu-based (I read it somewhere). Thanks for the clarification. FWIW, we are still open to that possibility. -- Rage Callao Free Software :: empower :: educate _

Re: [plug] FOSS and the Philippines

2006-12-28 Thread Rom Feria
On Dec 29, 2006, at 8:53 AM, Rage Callao wrote: On 12/29/06, Rom Feria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Dec 28, 2006, at 5:26 AM, David R. Meyer wrote: >> distribution fits the bill. :) At the moment, Ubuntu (of which >> Bayanihan will be (or is already) based) is the popular Linux choice >

Re: [plug] FOSS and the Philippines

2006-12-28 Thread Rage Callao
On 12/29/06, Rom Feria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Dec 28, 2006, at 5:26 AM, David R. Meyer wrote: >> distribution fits the bill. :) At the moment, Ubuntu (of which >> Bayanihan will be (or is already) based) is the popular Linux choice >> by UNDP-IOSN ASEAN+3 Node here in the country. > > J

Re: [plug] FOSS and the Philippines

2006-12-28 Thread Rom Feria
On Dec 29, 2006, at 8:38 AM, Rage Callao wrote: On 12/28/06, Rom Feria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Dec 28, 2006, at 5:26 AM, David R. Meyer wrote: distribution fits the bill. :) At the moment, Ubuntu (of which Bayanihan will be (or is already) based) is the popular Linux choice by UNDP-IOSN

Re: [plug] FOSS and the Philippines

2006-12-28 Thread Rage Callao
On 12/28/06, Rom Feria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Dec 28, 2006, at 5:26 AM, David R. Meyer wrote: distribution fits the bill. :) At the moment, Ubuntu (of which Bayanihan will be (or is already) based) is the popular Linux choice by UNDP-IOSN ASEAN+3 Node here in the country. Just a correct

Re: [plug] FOSS and the Philippines

2006-12-28 Thread David R. Meyer
That is certainly good news! Thanks for sending that along. Ciaran O'Riordan wrote: "David R. Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I had pushed debian support but was told to drop it (at my last company) because "nobody else supports it" and MySQL is now proven that out. MySQL say they haven't

Re: [plug] FOSS and the Philippines

2006-12-28 Thread Ciaran O'Riordan
"David R. Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I had pushed debian support > but was told to drop it (at my last company) because "nobody else > supports it" and MySQL is now proven that out. MySQL say they haven't dropped Debian support: http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS7941177766.html -- Cia

Re: [plug] FOSS and the Philippines

2006-12-27 Thread David R. Meyer
Well, as I said, it's only my two cents. I had pushed debian support but was told to drop it (at my last company) because "nobody else supports it" and MySQL is now proven that out. I hope Bayanihan will make a go of it, I just think that Asianux is a better way to grow the distro and more im

Re: [plug] FOSS and the Philippines

2006-12-27 Thread Rom Feria
On Dec 28, 2006, at 5:26 AM, David R. Meyer wrote: Hello All, In my thinking, one way to lock in FOSS in the Philippines is to do two things. 1. Push Bayanihan to join Asianix. This would give it the support it needs to be used Asia-wide. 2. Push the Philippine government to use Ba

Re: [plug] FOSS and the Philippines

2006-12-27 Thread David R. Meyer
nux... Sorry. Fat fingers! Ariz Jacinto wrote: Asianix or Asianux? (http://www.asianux.com/aboutAX.do). nice idea. anyone from the bayanihan team would like to comment? welcome back David! On 12/27/06, *David R. Meyer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: Hello

Re: [plug] FOSS and the Philippines

2006-12-27 Thread Ariz Jacinto
Asianix or Asianux? (http://www.asianux.com/aboutAX.do). nice idea. anyone from the bayanihan team would like to comment? welcome back David! On 12/27/06, David R. Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello All, I have been absent from this list for some time, but I wanted to weigh in on thi

[plug] FOSS and the Philippines

2006-12-27 Thread David R. Meyer
Hello All, I have been absent from this list for some time, but I wanted to weigh in on this issue. Please pardon my ignorance as I don't live in the Philippines (yet) but will be retiring there one of these days (wife is from Cebu and we come back from time to time.) I worked for a large s