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[News] Sun: Open Source the Model of the Future

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Sun urges Filipino programmers to become software entrepreneurs

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| "The opportunities are tremendous, particularly in the area of open source," 
| said Aisling MacRunnels, vice president for software marketing at Sun. 
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| [...]
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| "In fact, in terms of usage, the Philippines is No. 8 in the world," Aisling 
| said, noting that open source is the "model of the future." 
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http://www.mb.com.ph/INFO20080704128926.html

Also from the Philippines:

Philippine Software Group Eyes U.S.

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| Damarillo said the group will work with select government agencies for the 
| undertaking. 
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| [...]
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| One of the more interesting software products that the PSIA will be pitching 
| in front of potential U.S. clients is Maestro, an open source-based product 
| developed by PSIA member Exist.  
| 
| Exist said Maestro provides an integrated open source platform that enables 
| comprehensive build management by integrating Apache tools such as Apache 
| Maven and Apache Continuum.   
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http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/jul2008/gb2008072_431672.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_global+business


Related:

23,000 Linux PCs forge education revolution in Philippines

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| Providing high school students with PCs is seen as a first step to preparing 
| them for a technology-literate future, but in the Philippines many schools 
| cannot afford to provide computing facilities so after a successful 
| deployment of 13,000 Fedora Linux systems from a government grant, plans are 
| underway to roll out another 10,000 based on Ubuntu.    
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http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1163450117


Sun officials laud Philippines open-source community

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| The Philippines has the eighth largest development community for open source 
| in the world. This was revealed by Sun Microsystems executives who were here 
| recently to celebrate the third anniversary of the Java Education and 
| Development Initiative (JEDI)--an open source skills training program  
| initiated in the Philippines by Sun Microsystems together with several local 
| universities and college instructors.    
| 
| [...]
| 
| He said there are now 273 JEDI member schools in the country with 2,790 
| teachers, of which 730 are well trained. He said Sun expects over 114,939 
| students to benefit from the JEDI program in the Philippines this year alone.  
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http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/03/07/sun-officials-laud-philippines-open-source-community
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