On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 7:37 AM, eric pareja wrote:
> It points to something I've observed about Filipino techies. Majority
> are IT CONSUMERS, not PRODUCERS.
> There has to be a change in perception of roles and the value of being
> producers and not just consumers (this includes sales and market
It points to something I've observed about Filipino techies. Majority
are IT CONSUMERS, not PRODUCERS.
There has to be a change in perception of roles and the value of being
producers and not just consumers (this includes sales and marketing
because they are just an extension of us being a market o
Sorry, was busy :P Actually brought the first point up earlier,
although in a disinterested form.
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 7:29 AM, Brian Baquiran wrote:
> I'm surprised it took so long for someone to bring these up:
> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Zak Elep wrote:
>>
>> 1. Filipinos don't ca
I'm surprised it took so long for someone to bring these up:
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Zak Elep wrote:
>
> 1. Filipinos don't care. Fsck your POS software if I can't do XXX.
> 2. Filipinos don't write good software. Or at least, they think they
> can't write code as good as others.
>
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 2:29 PM, Miguel Paraz wrote:
> I am not talking about making money at all - open source or not.
>
> I'm trying to discuss why there aren't more Filipinos contributing,
> regardless of reason.
M-x devils-advocate-troll-sub-mode
1. Filipinos don't care. Fsck your POS soft
On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Rogelio Serrano
wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 10:48 PM, Miguel Paraz wrote:
>
>> I remember one conclusion from last time was that if someone had the
>> talent and the time, they would better spend it on a sideline rather
>> on working on an open source project.
-- mike t.
>
>From: Wilfred Villarruz
>To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List
>
>Sent: Monday, February 7, 2011 12:44:16
>Subject: Re: [plug] The Philippines in Open Source Contributions
>
>contributing to open source is not only about participat
But I think OP *IS* referring to contributions to open source projects
in terms of development/code.
KahelOS is an open source project worth noting. Although it's just a
distro, there's still some development time spent on it. Not 100% sure
on this but there may be Filipino developers who contribu
Exactly. I don't contribute code directly to projects. Since I feel more
effective in evangelization and getting the word out there, that's where I
focus my efforts.
No matter how good a project is, or how solid the code is, if nobody is
willing to use it or let others know it exists, then it's us
contributing to open source is not only about participating in the
development of the source codes or programming.
we can contribute by using, advocating, and helping other organizations and
individuals with need and less money to acquire expensive commercial
software, use free and open-source sof
I guess people just don't do it for fun anymore. People just tend to like
working on big profitable projects, and most proprietary projects are that
way; they don't realize the value of small projects with a genuine focus on
solving some problem despite little or no profit.
Another, perhaps more
SoC is not just the only way. Google recently introduced another program
aimed at younger people (e.g. high school or earlier) for mentoring on open
source projects.
On Feb 6, 2011 11:19 PM, "JP Loh" wrote:
> Invite mentors and students to join SoC?
>
> I remember reading a year or two ago about s
On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Michael Janapin
wrote:
> I was told that Pag-IBIG has no centralized database yet. I am just thinking
> out loud if PLUG could help in piloting an open source solution for them. I
> think that we can all benefit from this.
>
> Just my two cents.
>
> Go grab some sal
On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 11:38 AM, strong wrote:
> I believed, one good way on contributing to open source is to drive
> events/seminars/trainings to our local Schools/Colleges/Universities to
> promote it, and to teach/inform our youngsters.
>
> my two cents. :)
>
contributing to open source is a
I believed, one good way on contributing to open source is to drive
events/seminars/trainings to our local Schools/Colleges/Universities to
promote it, and to teach/inform our youngsters.
my two cents. :)
On 02/07/2011 08:40 AM, Michael Janapin wrote:
I was told that Pag-IBIG has no centrali
this is OK, assuming that they are interested on open sourcing their
system :)
On 02/07/2011 08:40 AM, Michael Janapin wrote:
I was told that Pag-IBIG has no centralized database yet. I am just
thinking out loud if PLUG could help in piloting an open source
solution for them. I think that w
On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 10:48 PM, Miguel Paraz wrote:
> I remember one conclusion from last time was that if someone had the
> talent and the time, they would better spend it on a sideline rather
> on working on an open source project.
thats a very old fashioned view of open source. there are so
I was told that Pag-IBIG has no centralized database yet. I am just thinking
out loud if PLUG could help in piloting an open source solution for them. I
think that we can all benefit from this.
Just my two cents.
Go grab some salt and water. Lol.
Michael Janapin
PBTS Baguio City
http://mulingsil
Invite mentors and students to join SoC?
I remember reading a year or two ago about someone mentoring in Drupal
and two more other people in other projects.
On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 22:48, Miguel Paraz wrote:
> Hi,
> Reviving this topic - we talked about this years ago but I think it's
> worth rev
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