Rare yes, but not non-existent. Comes to mind is Gerard Paul Java formerly of Mozcom Cebu for iptraf.I believe there are a few more contributors to joomla/mambo etc.
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Orlando Andico <orly.and...@gmail.com>wrote: > > It's quite rare to find Free contributors from poorer countries, I > guess because in poorer countries, you need to earn a living. > > I think Exist / Devzuz is making some significant contributions to > ActiveMQ / OpenESB / Maven. That's probably the closest we can get in > the Philippines. > > > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Miguel Paraz <mpa...@gmail.com> wrote: > .. > > and I'd like them to be Pinoys as well... but as discussed (or > > speculated) here time and again, those who have the skill and talent > > to contribute to open source have to use their skills to earn a > > living. > > > > Second best would be for Pinoys to be funded by foreign entities to > > develop open source... But with the current realignment of world > > finance, that's no longer too feasible! > > > > -- > Orlando Andico > +63.2.976.8659 | +63.920.903.0335 > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- Kelsey Hartigan Go Registered Linux user #5998
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