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Filipinos join celebration of global Software Freedom Day
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Khairil Yusof
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2005-09-10 08:10 AM
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Erwin Lemuel Oliva
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THE PHILIPPINES will join more than 50 countries in the worldwide celebration of Software Freedom Day on September 10, 2005.
Software Freedom Day is a global grassroots
effort to promote public awareness and use of free and open source
software (FOSS), according to its website -- softwarefreedomday.org.
Source: INQ7
To be hosted by the Polytechnic University of the Philippines in Sta. Mesa, Manila, the local Software Freedom Day celebration hopes to target the Filipino youth, says Clair Ching, a member of PLUG.
Other than talks and free software demonstrations, the Philippine celebration will also feature open source multimedia tools, office desktop applications, Internet applications, database, and servers.
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