On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 04:06:59PM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Nevertheless, it would seem that apart from the three universities that > got connected to PHnet in the genesis of the Philippine Internet, Linux > usage in the academe really is generally less than in the private > sector. Two words explain why: corporate sponsorship.
I think that most educational institutions do that because they are more "market driven" and also "market(ing) driven". It seems also that we spew out more "consumers" of technology than we do "producers". -- ___ _____________________________ eric pareja (xenos AT maharlika.upm.edu.ph) \e/ [ Philippine Linux Users' Group ] Linux User #8159 http://counter.li.org _v_ [Python Power!] [Debian Rocks!] [Ubiquitous Computing] /. #2834 Software Free the books! [http://www.bookcrossing.com/referral/pusakat] Freedom Join us on IRC: #plug irc.free.net.ph:6667 | www.upm.edu.ph/~xenos/weblog -- 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
