Now is a very exciting time for OVP MISD made possible by the linux live CDs we had tested like Kanotix, Mandriva, Fedora, Freespire, Puppy, Ubuntu, PC Linux, Sabayon, etc. However, MCNLive is our current live CD favorite because of its size and its Virtual Box virtualization software which enabled us to virtualize our existing XP desktop and use our legacy application which would not run under the WINE windows application emulator. We are also currently testing Fedora, Slax, Puppy, Karoshi, Mandriva and PC Linux OS 2007. We have been very busy conducting research, downloading ISOs to make thorough ereview and testing of the various linux live CDs that we can use to kickstart our linux migration this coming September 2007. We are very excited because our success with the migration would mean that we will be the first government agency besides the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) who will be implementing and showcasing the usability of Free / Open Source Software (FOSS). Through these we are doing our country and our people great service by bringing the strategic, economic and social benefits of using FOSS. These benefits are stated in the IOSN FOSS ePrimer for Government as follows; developing local capacity / industry, reducing imports / conserving foreign exchange, enhancing national security, reducing copyright infringements and enabling localization for its strategic benefits. For the economic benefits FOSS usage would mean increase in competition, reduction in the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), enhancing security and achieving vendor independence, while increasing access to information and the provision of additional employment for the people give us its social benefits. Successful implementation of this project would cause a domino effect on FOSS usage and savings amounting to billions of dollars, significant enough, for us Filipinos, and one of the developing countries, to fund and provide for our people's basic needs and services. This will play a great role for us to achieve the Millennieum Development Goals (MDGs) and finally bring our less fortunate brothers and sisters a closer to feeling, and living, a successful, and meaningful life... Finally we are going to bring down the big stumbling blocks and shackles of misinformation, the spread of Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt (FUD) that blind and confuse us, and bind our people to poverty. Finally we are bringing the mammoth greed that feeds and grows at the expense of people's suffering. Finally because of FOSS we are free, and we will continue to fight and bring God's cause of bringing faith, hope and love to our people and empower them for the attainment of true progress, and finally the bridging of the "digital divide"...