Nice to hear stories from the early days of PLUG. Hope we can also make video interviews from the pioneers for posterity. :) Might be useful later if we want to study the history of the FOSS comunities in the Philippines.
And it would be a good AVP to inspire new generations on Software Freedom Day which is attended mostly by students. :) Gladys On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Anthony Florendo <[email protected]>wrote: > Haha nice one Kelsey! > > Close, but you're off by a year -- seriously though, looking back I feel > pretty old :-) > > I was able to dig up the old minutes ;-) I was at the 2nd ever (monthly, > kuno) meeting, Jeff couldn't make it. (see below). > And yes, for those of you who are looking, what you post on the internet, > stays on the internet! BTW, if you check, looks like PLUG only has 31 > years more left on its 'lease'. > > 2pm meeting at McDo Katipunan. Doc M arrived first. You and I arrived > next, Eric shortly behind us. Doc M was the only one who ordered food, > since everyone else had just eaten. We had a quick chat about how email > routing was broken through the DLSU-ADMU-UP + Aliens' Alcove FIDO net loop > due to a bad header in the payload (Eric had figured it out and fixed the > previous night). Doc M talked about different ways he was using Linux in > his research as well as consulting -- then we got into talking about > incorporating PLUG into a non-profit, non-stock SEC registered corporation > :-) > > I remember when we used to install SLS linux -- we had over 40 1.44 floppy > disks, X windows came as an add on of 6 disks. > First box we ever installed at DLSU (circa 1993) was a 486DX2/66Mhz with > 8MB RAM, and 128MB hard disk! > We had borrowed the disk set from Eric -- nobody had the time to kick it > around so it was farmed out into our advance OS class. > > What was funny back then, was the documentation literally said that there > were Linux boxes that went "UP TO 4 DAYS WITHOUT REBOOTING!" -- and that > was saying something. > > Second install we ever did was Slackware. > > Later when we started going to RedHat, Eric remained faithful to Debian. > :-) > > Upgrading RedHat was tricky -- when a new release came out, we would talk > between ourselves and decide which disks each university would be > responsible for downloading. It would take us 2 weeks, but we'd get all > the disks downloaded -- and then that's when the fun starts. > > RedHat 3.x had a Novell Netware simulator called Mars NWE. When we had > figured out how to use those as 'primary auth nodes', we suddenly found > ourselves running 5 of these babies as file servers for the entire campus. > Those were the days, we saved the campus millions by going open source! > Soon we had print servers (cups), dial-up servers (taccacs/radius), > routers, gateways, even kiosks -- all free, installed via Linux. > > Mind you -- this was a time when Digital Pilipinas was charging P5M for a > VAX that was about as powerful as a 386DX! > > Starting up PLUG was a huge help to the Phippine community. I remember > how the list was a mainstay for everything and everyone into Linux. (Note > that at that time most peeps still pronounced it 'lie-nux' -- haha) -- > Everytime there was a 'new problem' someone would "page" Doc M, Jeff, you > or me on the lists :-) > > The PLUG list brought all sorts of people together -- Academia, Private > sector and government. Lots of funny banter, mostly very cerebral > discussion -- but most fun of all was when someone would go ape-sh*t and > start flaming on the list. Its cool that everyone left campus politics out > of the picture -- we were all just happy nerds helping each other out! > > It was truly ground breaking as all the movers and shakers of Philippine > Internet were on the list. > > We had so much momentum that when we sponsored APRICOT a few years later, > we even had Evi Nemeth, Barbara Fraser and Eric Alman as presenters! > During the conference, Evi Nemeth said that Van Jacobson could not make > the talk because he was at the right brink of building a new protocol that > would make POTS modems 10 times faster! (The fastest dial speed was 56K at > that time) - A year later DSL modems became the hottest thing in the US. > That was also the first time we talked about multicasting as a means for > internet video! > > By 1998 there was an effort to spin up PH-CERT and FIRST, and 1999 an > effort to build OpenSource Philippines. > > I remember you calling me one cold day in 1996 to help troubleshoot a > network problem at Malacanang :-) So cool! (It was a DNS issue, on the > palace's side). That was right about the time President Ramos showed off > his website to Prime Minister Mahathir. > > We've come a long way in (almost) 20 years -- we should put together a > list of major milestones for PLUG and Philippine Internet! > > JayJay > > Anthony Florendo > (formerly [email protected]) > > > ------X8---Snip---8X---- > > *Author: *eric pareja > *Date: *1994-07-22 00:40 -700 > *To: *plug > *Subject: *minutes of the meeting, for approval > Minutes of the 2nd PLUG meeting > =============================== > > Date: 16 July 1994 14:00 GMT+0800 > > Attendance: > Kelsey Hartigan Go > Anthony Florendo(or was it Jefferson Tan?) > Pablo Manalastas > Eric Pareja > > > > Minutes: > > 1. Review of proposed Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws of PLUG. > > > > a) Name of Corp - Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG), Inc. > > > > b) Purposes of the Organization > > > > 1) To provide the members of the organization with channels > for the exchange of information, ideas and software > related to the Linux Operating System and associated > utilities, > > > > 2) To advocate the use of the Linux Operating System and > promote its distribution, > > > > 3) To encourage research in the field of operating systems > and their application, > > > > 4) To disseminate research information through education > > > > -or- > > > > To engage in education and training on the usage and > system administration of Linux systems. > > > > note: item 4) is to be refined further. > > > > 2. Principal Office - 941 Gonzales Street, Unit 304 > Ermita, Manila 1000 > > > > 3. Lifespan of Organization - 50 years > > > > 4. Incorporators - Pablo R. Manalastas > Kelsey Hartigan Y. Go > Eric Manuel N. Pareja > Samuel Mallare > Rommel P. Feria > > > > 5. Trustees - same as above > > > > 6. Officers of the organization > > > > President - Pablo R. Manalastas > Vice-President - Kelsey Hartigan Y. Go > Secretary - Eric Manuel N. Pareja > Treasurer - Samuel Mallare > Public Relations - Rommel P. Feria > > > > 7. List of Members > > > > (to be furnished) > > > > 8. Date of Annual Meetings - First saturday of December > > > > 9. Requirements for Trustees > > > > a) Must be a Linux user, > b) Must have a bonafide interest in the activities of PLUG, > c) Must not have any unsettled accounts with PLUG. > > > > 10. Action points. > > a) DTI registration of PLUG, Inc. name > b) SEC Express Lane Form #1-NS > c) Next meeting to be announced. > > > > 11. Meeting was adjourned at 17:00 GMT+0800 > > -- > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Kelsey Hartigan Go <[email protected]> > *To:* Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List < > [email protected]> > *Cc:* Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 5, 2012 5:33 AM > *Subject:* Re: [plug] Linux distro in Filipino > > Speaking of which, does Eric remember when we started Plug? 1993? It'll be > 20 years next year. > > -- > Kelsey Hartigan Go > > On Dec 5, 2012, at 3:59 PM, Michael Janapin <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Yep. Those were the days my friend. > > > On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Paolo Falcone < <[email protected]> > [email protected]> wrote: > > Twelve years ago there was no Ubuntu, and the Debian-Tagalog project > was not yet in existence. I still recall the efforts of Eric Pareja, > Sacha Chua et.al. in doing the initial localization of the Debian > installer, which eventually propagated to Ubuntu a few years after. > > -- > Rev. Michael R. Janapin, Th.D. > Academic Dean > PBTS Baguio City, Philippines > http://mulingsilang.wordpress.com > http://www.pbts.net.ph > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >
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