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Govât agencies using âpiratedâ software, state ICT body says
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| To address these conflicting problems,
| CICT officials led by Commissioner Angelo
| Timoteo Diaz De Rivera and Antonette
| Torres batted for the use of âopen sourceâ
| operating systems and free applications
| instead of the usual Microsoft operating
| systems that have either been pirated or
| bought from licensed distributors.
|
| The CICT officials made the appeal as the
| country observes the last few days of the
| Information and Communications Technology
| month this June.
|
| Appearing before the news media during the
| Usaping Balita News Forum, De Rivera and
| Torres said the open source operating
| system, which is available free, could
| drastically bring down the cost of
| computerization of public schools and
| government offices in the country.
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http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/263732/gov-t-agencies-using-pirated-software-state-ict-body-says
Pirated software rampant among Philippine govt
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| The country's policy-making body, which is
| tasked to promote technology use in
| government, did not name the government
| agencies, noting only that the Philippine
| government should seriously look into open
| source as a cheaper alternative.
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http://www.zdnetasia.com/pirated-software-rampant-among-philippine-govt-62201058.htm
Recent:
ActiveLearning Launches Linux Training in the Philippines
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| ActiveLearning, Inc. today introduced a new
| training program in the Philippines
| entitled "Linux Boot Camp", a comprehensive
| Linux training program that immerses
| participants in 2 weeks of intensive hands-
| on Linux training under the guidance of an
| expert instructor.
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http://www.onlineprnews.com/news/43422-1277655754-activelearning-launches-linux-training-in-the-philippines.html
Philippines 2010 Elections and Ubuntu
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| The Philippines 2010 Election will be using an
| electronic counting machine for the first time.
| The Linux-powered machines were provided by
| Smartmatic and the ROMs are managed by (and
| supposedly programmed in) Ubuntu.
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http://blog.knightlust.com/?p=237
RP tech advocates gain ground in fight to free the Internet
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| The countryâs economy is recovering faster
| than expected from a global downturn and
| advocates of a âfree the Internetâ campaign
| hope to take some credit for that.
|
| Both business and government have started
| using free software programs, saving as much
| as 80 percent in their operations, officials
| of the International Open Source Network
| (IOSN) said during a recent conference here.
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http://business.inquirer.net/money/topstories/view/20100201-250590/RP-tech-advocates-gain-ground-in-fight-to-free-the-Internet
Basic open source web design workshop set in Davao
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| The Philippine Trade Training Center (PTTC) is
| inviting interested manager/owners/ HR
| managers/web enthusiasts in a two-day Basic
| Web Design Course using Joomla open source
| software.
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http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p100120.htm&no=05&r=&y=&mo=
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