It is actually the fault of the teachers! You see, not that many teachers are familiar with Linux or other Open Source applications for that matter.
AS PLUG, we should do something to remedy this. I propose a newsletter that we can use to distribute to students, offices, etc. - in softcopy (PDF) to lessen the cost. What do you think? We need someone who will act as editor, another who will do the layout, etc. Coming up with the second issue (easy to come up with the first) is the difficult part but I know that we can do this. Our website is not enough, nor is our mailing list. A portal, such as os.up.edu.ph, where students contribute open source related news from other sites, can help, too. UnPLUG (University of the Philippines Linux Users Group) is doing its share by conducting talks, seminars and trainings to their fellow students. I hope that there are similar initiatives in all colleges and universities in the country. UP is also promoting Open Source in government along with DOST/DOST-ASTI. Still, we need more. --o000o-- Prof. Rommel Palma Feria, MSc Director, University Computer Center University of the Philippines - Diliman Quezon City 1101 Philippines Voice: +63 2 9268837 Fax: +63 2 9204803 ----------------------------------------- Original Message: From: Pablo Manalastas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Philippine Linux Users Group Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Fri Sep 26 14:47:42 EST 2003 Subject: [plug] [OT] Is Linus known to college students? In the Computer Quiz Bee held at the University of Perpetual Help at Las Pi~nas yesterday, the question "Who is the principal author of the Linux operating system?" was asked. Of the 12 competing teams, only four teams got the right answer, Linus Torvalds. The most Linux-literate in our society should be our college students, but they are not. Maybe this is the fault of our school system that encourages the use the most commonly available and piratable OS: Windows. Maybe it is our fault in PLUG. Maybe it is nobody's fault. ... P~Manalastas -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph ... To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug ... Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using DeskNow Lite - Free mail & collaboration server http://www.desknow.com -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
