December 13, 2000

8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Second Floor, DAP Building    
Pasig City, Philippines

THE LINUX EVENT OF THE YEAR

 

 
ONE LINUX DAY: *THE* LINUX EVENT OF THE YEAR!

Everyone was taken by surprise. Despite the Impeachment proceedings at the Senate and eLagda's International Day of Protest, One Linux Day - a joint project of the Development Academy of the Philippines and the Bluepoint Institute of Higher Technology Foundation to promote the use of the Linux operating system in the Philippines - was successfully conducted last December 13, 2000 at the DAP building in Pasig City and was attended in by around 103 delegates, an immense number of visitors, and well-respected members of the print and broadcast media. Coupled with an interesting Plenary Session, exciting Technical Tracts, an open-to-the-public Linux showcase, booths from IT industry leaders, and five-star facilities and refreshments courtesy of DAP, 1LD proved true to it's tagline and was indeed *the* Linux event of the year.

SALAMAT, DANKE, MERCI, THANKS!

The Bluepoint Institute of Higher Technology Foundation and the Development Academy of the Philippines would like to thank everyone who contributed to the astounding success of One Linux Day. Special thanks go out to the 1LD team:

 presented by the

Bluepoint Institute of Higher Technology Foundation

and the

Development Academy of the Philippines

 

 

 


MS. ALEX ALIKPALA
Master of Ceremonies
 

Rey Macalindong, DAP-IMO
Floor Director

Ruel Mortega, BIHTF
Creative Director

 
Jovito Salonga, BIHTFKenneth Palacios, 3COMClement Rasul, DAP-CCO
Eduardo Gonzales, DAPEngels Antonio, BIHTFArvin San Andres, DAP-CCO
Rufino Lirag, DOST-ITMari Kaimo, BIHTFEngels Antonio, BIHTF
 
Magie Antonio
Joanne Canque
Christine Chan
Mari Kaimo
Eddie Salonga		Edris Ampu-an
Jun Geronimo
Mon Ocampo
Alex Pana
Ricky Portugal
 
Ria Aguilar 
Jonna Austria
Eric Bataga
Marlet Beirut  
Marinette Belizar 
Rica Betancor
Nader Buluran
Teloy Bundalian
May Coronado
Vanessa De Castro
Bambie Dela Cruz 
Gendear Fernandez		Joyce
Andy Largo
Rolly Loro
Mishel Macatangay
Maribel Madridejos
Florie Martin
Thess Mora
Arlyn Nicoleta
Ma. Theresa Orquiza
Edna Carina Panganiban
Shirley Pantaleon
Rosario Pascual		Jovito Paulino
Alex Perol
Olivia Purisima
Louella Resuello
May Rivera
Rudy Rozul
Criz Sayzon
Tetet Serrano
Marlyn Son
Ludy Tebelin
Janette Venus
Michael Vicedo
 

Thanks to the following Webmasters who supported One Linux Day by placing a link to the official 1LD sites in their Web pages.

 
Melvin Vivas
www.pinoylahat.com		William Nabaza
www.nabaza.com		Mu Florentino
www.sfi.com.ph

 

For advertising 1LD in their precious server space without asking for anything in return, these Webmasters will receive special invitations to One Linux Day Too next year.

 
 
MANY HAPPY RETURNS

Congratulations to the following delegates who came, saw, and brought home Linux Gear (Bluepoint Mass Support Mugs) from the Bluepoint Institute of Higher Technology Foundation:

 
Leo Balino
Net 25		Edward Banzuela
Akasia Services Corporation
 
Joy Buisan
Jade Internet & Industries Corporation		Precioso Remolacio
Photokina Marketing Corporation
 

One Linux Day went into overtime by almost an hour and a half. However, no one complained, especially the lucky winner of a Linux-Mandrake PowerPack from the Bluepoint Institute of Higher Technology Foundation. 

 
Jocilyn Alvarez
APTI Philippines Incorporated
 
A THOUSAND WORDS
 

Talk is cheap. Here's One Linux Day as captured on film. Click on the thumbnails to view the corresponding high-resolution images. More pictures will be posted as they become available.

 
ALEX ALIKPALA welcomes delegates and guests to One Linux Day and acknowledges Dr. Eduardo Gonzales and Sen. Jovito Salonga.

 
KENNETH PALACIOS talks about 3Com and cost-effective computing solutions as Engels Antonio and Dr. Eduardo Gonzales observe.

 
ENGELS ANTONIO demystifies Linux as Dr. Eduardo Gonzales, Sec. Rufino Lirag, and Kenneth Palacios listen.

 
WHERE'S WALDO? Delegates and guests play around with the servers and workstations in the Linux showcase.

 
TRUE BLUE. Members of the Bluepoint Linux Users Elite (BLUE) pose for a "family" picture. 

 
ALEX ALIKPALA and Engels Antonio talk about Linux behind Mari Kaimo and Rene Betia's backs.

 
OUTSIDE LOOKING IN. Zooming in from the exhibit entrance towards Mari Kaimo, Alex Alikpala and Danny Escasa by the session hall entrance.

 
RUEL MORTEGA, BIHTF Creative Director with Engels and Magie Antonio, BIHTF President and Executive Director, respectively. 

 
IDG books on Linux, Java, and Perl attract delegates and guests to the WS Publishing booth - or was it Tess they were attracted to?

 
3COM distributor Microwarehouse Inc. staff and their 11 Mbps wireless LAN showcase, with Ogie charming guests from the BBS community.

 
SISTER ACT. Pious System Administrators and delegates all the way from Laguna surf the Internet on a Linux Box.

 
CLEMENT RASUL kicks off the Technical Breakout Sessions early in the afternoon with the Samba Server tract.

 
FEED YOUR MIND. Net 25's Lisa Docena interviews Total Linux graduate and Squid Proxy resource person Arvin San Andres of the DAP-CCO.

 
ENGELS ANTONIO discusses Reverse Proxy fundamentals in the Apache Web Server session.

 
TOTAL LINUX graduates pose with Engels Antonio in a reunion of sorts.

 
 
IN THE NEWS
 

Lifted from a post by Clement Rasul, DAP-CCO Director, Total Linux graduate, BLUE member, and 1LD Technical Session Resource Person (Samba Server) last 12-22-00 19:46 in the Development Academy of the Philippines' online discussion board:

Guys, the conference has elicited two news articles. One article by Edu H. Lopez of the Manila Bulletin entitled "Government could save millions in IT spending with Linux" is I think a welcome response from the press. This is what I think the conference intended to promote. 

The other article by Geoffrey Ramos of Computerworld Philippines entitled "Users urged to tread carefully with Linux" I think has a different coverage slant. The writer I think missed the context of the discussion when Engels tried to discuss the challenges that one has to encounter in shifting to Linux. I think what the conference tried to convey is that shifting to Linux will require some change in mindset (especially if you are very used to working in Windows). Once you have done that, then you can easily move from Windows to Linux without much problem. This approach to Linux is I think not only true for Linux, but is also true for other operating systems (and even will hold true if you move from Win98 to WinNT or Win2000). 

The Computerworld article (by Geoffrey Ramos) sounding like a warning or caution is I think what the conference does not want to project. The challenges discussed by Engels is intended to elicit response from the participants to create a community of Philippine Linux users that help each other solve common day-to-day problems.

Net 25's coverage of One Linux Day will be aired on January 7, 2001 from 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM on Lisa Docena's Convergence. It will be replayed on January 14, 2001 from 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM.
 
 
DOWNLOADS
 

As a service to the Linux and Open Source communities, the speeches and presentations used in the Plenary and Technical Breakout Sessions have been made available for download by their respective authors under the OpenContent (OPL) and GNU Free Documentation (copyleft) Licenses. Audio clips used during the event are also posted for your enjoyment.

 
Invocation
Sen. Jovito Salonga		Welcome Remarks
Dr. Eduardo Gonzales		Keynote Speech
Sec. Rufino Lirag
 
Cost-effective Computing
Kenneth Palacios		Powered by Linux
Engels Antonio
 
Samba Server
Clement Rasul		Squid Proxy Server
Arvin San Andres		Apache Web Server
Engels Antonio
 
Windows 95 Sucks
Propaganda MP3		Open Up
Nescafe MP3
 
 

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