considering that microsoft is giving a 90% discount on office and windows on the people's PC... i can hardly see the value proposition of pushing for an OSS solution which the teachers won't appreciate anyway.
On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 09:12:34 -0800, Ninaw de Leon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Rommel Feria wrote: > > >Hey people, > > > >DepEd is set to announce its SMS service today, according to INQ7.net. > >I am appealing to everyone to send SMS messages to DepEd and denounce > >their plan of using Microsoft OS for their "People's PC". See > >http://itmatters.com.ph/news/news_08302004f.html - we need to do > >something. Orly Oxales is a Microsoft supporter and so are a lot of > >people there. We need to educate the department of education! :D > > > >Cheers! > >-- > >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 > > > > > > > > > > > "Open source software groups have asked the government to partner with > Microsoft since July this year, when Commission on Information and > Communication Technology chairman Virgilio L. Pe�a said that the > Philippines is mulling to replicate the Thai experience in its PC for > the People program." > (excerpt from article) > > Is is just me or there is something really wrong with this paragraph? > > > -- > 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 > -- 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
