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Open source desktop adoption flickers in the Philippines
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| The number of open source desktop users in the Philippines--estimated at 5 to
| 10 percent of PC owners--is growing, but the adoption rate is somehow stunted
| by the lack of government sanction advocating its use.
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| [...]
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| It has also been reported that the Philippines has become the largest
| destination of CD installers for Ubuntu, probably the most prominent Linux
| distribution for desktops. Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Ubuntu creator
| Canonical, even visited the country to brief local folks on the desktop OS.
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http://www.zdnetasia.com/insight/specialreports/open-source/0,3800018440,62050859,00.htm
This author typically writes "dump Linux" stories and he got a free vacation
from Microsoft for OOXML brainwash.
Recent:
Use open system in 2010—ex-poll chief
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| Lagman said the Computer Science Department of the University of the
| Philippines Diliman had been tapped to develop the open source software for
| the proposed OES.
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http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view/20090209-188266/Use-open-system-in-2010ex-poll-chief
The Ilumina: Philippine Tech Trades Outsourcing for Open Source
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| In terms of ease, we’re built on open source so it’s just really a matter of
| our software team liaising with all these developers and releasing the
| development parameters. We envision a web-based platform wherein they can
| communicate, collaborate, share, and even sell the applications they’ve
| developed. We also believe in making it exciting for the software developers
| through a revenue-sharing business model. Their efforts for the Ilumina
| should be aptly rewarded.
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http://www.psfk.com/2008/12/the-ilumina-philippine-tech-trades-outsourcing-for-open-source.html
Red Hat strengthens position in local market
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| IT products and solutions distributor MSI-ECS Phils. Inc. will be the
| distributor of Red Hat products in the country, as it recently signed a
| partnership deal with the open-source solutions provider firm.
|
| With at least 500 resellers locally, MSI-ECS will be Red Hat’s local channel
| to help the latter “to deepen its position in the Philippine market,” said
| Teong Eng Guan, general manager of Red Hat for Asean.
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http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/sep/22/yehey/techtimes/20080922tech4.html
RP still needs to enable open source community
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| Following its renewed partnership with Red Hat, Go said MSI-ECS is expecting
| to push Red Hat Enterprise Linux in the country.
|
| MSI-ECS has more than 500 resellers in the Philippines and is currently
| distributing major brands like IBM, HP. The local company is part of the ECS
| Holdings, a regional information communication technology leader in
| Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.
|
| Meanwhile, Red Hat said it is also working with Ayala Systems Technology
| Inc., and Ubaldo Reidenbach Solutions Inc., companies that are labeled as
| advance business partners of Red Hat.
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http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view/20080918-161423/RP-still-needs-to-enable-open-source-community
Philippines hosts open source conference
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| The Philippines is scheduled to host a regional open source conference next
| month, which will gather representatives from 21 countries to sign an
| agreement.
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| The said agreement will push for co-operation among these countries in the
| area of open source and is expected to benefit emerging markets like the
| Philippines.
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http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/software/2008/0809151402.asp?S=Business&A=BUS&O=FPWW
Open source should be supported, promoted--CICT chairman
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| Open source software should be promoted as an alternative to more expensive
| proprietary software, the chairman of the Commission on Information and
| Communications Technology (CICT) said during an open source summit.
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http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view/20080624-144530/Open-source-should-be-supported-promoted--CICT-chairman
http://tinyurl.com/6l33ah
Cebu to host open source conference in 2008
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| Cebu is scheduled to hold an international open source conference next year,
| following a visit from an open source advocate, the Cebu-based executive
| director of an information and communications technology group has said.
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http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view_article.php?article_id=105797
Related:
UP Manila pushing open source initiatives for SE Asia
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| Marcelo said that next month, the IOSN will release five free and open source
| software (FOSS) primers focused on five topics: health, small and medium
| enterprises, FOSS interoperability, security and interoperability of disaster
| management of information system.
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http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view_article.php?article_id=100849
Venture capitalist puts up tech bar for open source
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| TO show the province’s potential as an open source software market, a
| Filipino venture capitalist has set foot in Cebu to advocate open source
| software development.
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http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2007/10/11/bus/venture.capitalist.puts.up.tech.bar.for.open.source.html
Pinoy ‘serial technopreneur’ bares new SaaS venture
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| Widely known and respected in the open source community abroad but not much
| here in the Philippines, Damarillo has created a number of open source
| software development companies including Gluecode which he sold to tech giant
| IBM in 2005 at a still undisclosed amount, and LogicBlaze which was acquired
| by Iona Technologies in 2007.
|
| Apart from Morph Labs, he currently sits as chair of DevZuz (formerly known
| as Simula Labs), an open source "marketplace company," and Exist Global, a
| software engineering services company being headed by American Steve Nathan.
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http://www.mb.com.ph/INFO20070910102543.html
Too late to discredit open source, advocates say
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| "It's too late," exclaimed Winston Damarillo, founder and
| chairman of software development firm Exist Global, in an
| interview with Computerworld Philippines. "Open source
| is all over the place."
|
| [...]
|
| Anson Uy, president of Touch Solutions (a Red Hat Linux company),
| earlier on broke the news to Computerworld Philippines about the
| alleged "funded missions" by some software firms to discredit open
| source, although he did not identify any company.
|
| Anson revealed among the top three actions against FOSS are being
| done through "sponsored studies, piracy of open source developers,
| and bold press releases."
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/030607-too-late-to-discredit-open.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
http://tinyurl.com/2bj969
Open source software eyed for use in more health centers
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| More local government units want to install homegrown, open source software
| for health centers developed by the University of the Philippines Manila, its
| project manager told INQUIRER.net Tuesday
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http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view_article.php?article_id=86621
Review: Bayanihan Linux 4
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| Bayanihan Linux 4 is a pretty good, simple, distribution. It is
| easy to install and manage and it gets you going quickly right out of
| the box. That being said it doesn?t have all the latest gizmos and eye
| candy of the current wave of Linux distributions. It also doesn't have
| a huge package repository, but you can probably add some more.
|
| It?s not bad for a government sponsored distribution and if it gets
| more people to switch to Linux, that?s a good thing. Power users will
| want more than Bayanihan provides, but the average computer user will
| find all they need in Bayanihan.
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http://www.triedit.org/review/review-bayanihan-linux-4/
DMMSU Migrates to Linux
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| The training was participated in by about 25 faculty and personnel from
| the institution. It was an orientation and preparation for their aim
| of acquiring sufficient knowledge and skills in Open Source
| Technology to completely migrate from Windows to Linux.
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http://www.bayanihan.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=139&Itemid=43
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