“…Presidential Consultant for Information Technology and
Communications Jovencio “Chito” Kintanar said the government is
looking into the possibilities of using Linux. Kintanar was the
guest of honor at Linux ’99, the first Philippine open source
conference…”
“While it’s true that techies are generally the ones who know
about Linux, the efforts of the open source community are spreading
the word to the general public, particularly through events like
Linux ’99…” said Andrew Kaufman, director of communications of
Penguin Computing…”
“Citing the rise of Penguin Computing from zero to a
$1-million-a-month business in just 18 months, Kaufman said that
software companies must learn to leverage the Internet for business
and leverage open source for research and development. Penguin
Computing, for example, conducts 98 percent of its sales over the
Internet, according to Kaufman.”