On 6/5/07, member elmerclaveriajr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been contemplating on the same issues Cocoy have just presented in this > group, particularly on how do I convince my students not to be lured by the > "greenner pasture" alibi for going abroad, and not "waste" their talents and > efforts for the benefit of the "superpowers" and in the expense of the > constantly draining talent pool of our country. I also agree that community > based projects not only should be seen as ways to cut costs but also as > avenues for a more holistic, morale-booster, people-friendly, and > value-integrated experience for everyone. You might be surprised how > inspirational these success stories are and it's very sad to know that there > are persons (which I don't blame for) who is "blinded"/"ear-plugged" by > these. Hats off to Cocoy. >
Ok this is a little unrealistic. What we need is for the government to make it easy for business to start and survive. Thats the only way to acheive this. We need to grow our own IT industries that is ready to meet our many unfilfilled Information Infrastructure needs. That means 5000 php laptops with 10 hour battery running times that can be sustained without the need for extensive power infrastructures, wireless meshes that does not require too much telco infrastructures, an open hardware and open source tamperproof security processor modules. All with royalty free hardware and technology. We dont need to worry about software anymore its being taken care of. Well if the government can fund the software development then i think thats more than enough to prevent the "brain drain" both to companies abroad and to the "Evil Empire". -- Lay low and nourish in obscurity _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
