On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 21:58:02 +0800, Jerome Gotangco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I did thought about this before in a blog entry. I had a good email > exchange with Jun Iio of MRI about their project in some prefectures > in Japan called OSDS. Miss Clair is quite familiar with it since I > sent her a good translated link.
I remember that. This is the link: http://www.excite.co.jp/world/english/web/body/?wb_url=http%3A%2F%2Foss.mri.co.jp%2Fosds%2F&wb_lp=JAEN&wb_dis=2 It's already in English :) > > Just yesterday, I received an email from Benjamin Hill, one of the > community heads of Ubuntu and took interest in a wiki entry I made > recently because it was basically a proposal on the advocacy/use of > Ubuntu linux in the field of public education. It turned out that > Ubuntu "Head Hog" Mark Shuttleworth has deep interest in the same > field. > > Give me a heads up in case something like this gets underway...I'll > make sure to bring boxes of Ubuntu CDs for distribution. Yes! Let's all get together and do advocacy work :) This would be wonderful. > > Start 'em young I'd say! > > Jerome > > On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 18:32:08 +0800, clair ching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Well, schools are a good place to start advocacy:) Maybe we could > > also try and see how SMEs could benefit from using F/OSS. > > Alternatives to what people currently know are what we need to give > > them so that they would give it a try... And eventually, they would > > prefer it :D > > > > Or we could go to various schools. There are existing student > > organizations which could be tapped so we could have talks, fora, > > symposia, etc on their campuses. Coordinating with the student > > councils and computer clubs for one thing. And in high schools, in > > case you are a professional, you may give career talks ;) Just things > > I thought of. > > > > -- > Lok'tar Ogar! > http://loktarogar.blogspot.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 > -- Clair Ching librarian, bookworm, information gatherer, anime fan, linux newbie http://clair.free.net.ph - blog about linux, emacs planner, tech and culture http://clair.pinoyweb.net - daily journal, stories, miscellany -- 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
