Hi All,<br><br>I'm not sure if anyone has read it but this sounds like someone we want to talk to :)<br><br>Athene<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br><br><a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1163450117;pp;1?" target="_blank">http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1163450117;pp;1?</a><br>
<br>"Providing high school students with PCs is seen as a first step<br>to preparing them for a technology-literate future, but in the<br>Philippines many schools cannot afford to provide computing facilities<br>so after a successful deployment of 13,000 Fedora Linux systems from a<br>
government grant, plans are underway to roll out another 10,000 based<br>on Ubuntu.<br><br>Visiting Australia to discuss Linux and open source software in<br>education at this year's <a href="http://linux.conf.au" target="_blank">linux.conf.au</a> in Melbourne, independent open<br>
source consultant Ricardo Gonzalez, said there were a number of factors<br>that led to Linux being chosen over the venerable Microsoft Windows.<br><br>Gonzalez, based in Manila, told Computerworld Linux became popular in<br>
the Philippines soon after the 1997 Asian financial crisis when open<br>source was investigated for its value proposition to organizations.<br><br>"Open source was a viable business alternative because no one was doing<br>
it commercially," Gonzalez said.<br><br>..."<br><br>Fedora helped this happen, but Ubuntu is creeping in as well - we need<br>to help support this group. Quickly.<br><br><br><br></div><br>