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The Charge for Freedom
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| In the open source republic, the hacker is
| your representative. He codes on your
| behalf, and should his idea find favor, the
| project leader approves the idea, and the
| idea becomes part of the code base. Should
| your ideas and the hacker's ideas differ,
| you are free to contact someone else on the
| dev team. If nothing is done to your liking,
| your are free to secede from the union and
| fork the code. In the real world,
| information is free for the taking, and
| where law forbids the exchange of ideas we
| see rather inventive means of circumvention
| come to fruition. In most free nations
| around the world, people were supposed to be
| at the forefront of government. In the USA,
| politicians were once called public
| servants. The open source community is much
| the same. While many do make money off of
| open source software, the motivation to
| create open source software and to open
| source already existing projects was
| initially the want to help others, make a
| better product, and lower development costs
| by allowing anyone to contribute. Only one
| of those three motivations has anything to
| do with monetary cost.
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http://elevenislouder.blogspot.com/2010/07/charge-for-freedom.html
Open source developer sees 100 percent growth
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| Open source software developer Exist Global
| foresees a 100 percent revenue growth this
| year to $4 million on back of a vibrant US
| market and local companiesâ willingness to
| pay for high-valued software.
|
| The company believes this year is the start
| of sustained profitable operations from a
| slowdown in the US market after it was
| adversely affected by the global financial
| crisis.
|
| âAs far as Exist is concerned, I think the
| worst is behind us. Weâre receiving a lot of
| requests, indicating that the second half is
| going to be healthy. Weâre beginning to
| focus on hiring again,â said Winston
| Damarillo, Exist Global founder, in an
| interview at a company celebration for its
| first half performance.
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http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/265202/open-source-developer-sees-100-percent-growth
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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