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| The Bluepoint Institute of Higher Technology Foundation (Bluepoint) continues bringing Linux and Open Source technologies to Filipinos nationwide as it hits the road this 2003. Patterned after the highly successful One Linux Day event of 2000, the Bluepoint Road Tour 2003 is a yearlong round trip from Manila and back, with stops in Baguio, Batangas, and Iloilo. This tour is made possible with the help of American Power Conversion and Computerworld Philippines. |  |
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THIRD STOP: LINUX AND OPEN SOURCE WORKSHOP AT LYCEUM OF BATANGAS
The Bluepoint Road Tour 2003 continues with a day-long Linux in LIMA Open Source workshop at the Lyceum International Maritime Academy AVR in Cuta, Batangas City on September 26, 2003. The event was attended in by more than 200 students and professionals from Batangas. |
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Batangas ranks sixth among the largest provinces in the Southern Tagalog Region. It is bounded on the north by Cavite, on the east by the provinces of Quezon and Laguna, on the south by the Verde Island Passage, and on the west by the South China Sea. Among the multitude of popular tourism activities to be had in the province are heritage tours, pilgrimage tours, scuba diving, shopping, mountain climbing and trekking, swimming, and snorkeling. Batangueños are bilingual, with Tagalog and English as the basic languages used in business, government, schools, and everyday communication. Batangas is located only 110 kilometers south of Metropolitan Manila, and is very accessible from the national capital by land.Lyceum of the Philippines envisions itself as a center of academic excellence established for the purpose of molding the Filipino youth dedicated to the service of God, country and humanity. Guided by the motto "Veritas et Fortitudo" and founded on the precepts of developing God-loving Filipinos imbued with the spirit of service, self-sacrifice, genuine love for the truth, enlightened and assertive nationalism, and high sense of moral integrity, Lyceum is committed to the formation of the integral person. |
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| | | |  |  |  |  | | 25 SEPTEMBER 2003. Welcome break from the 30 kilometers drive to halfway house in Laguna. |
| | 26 SEPTEMBER 2003. Early morning 70 kilometers drive from Laguna to Batangas via the Star toll way. |
| | Touchdown at the Lyceum International Maritime Academy grounds. |
| | The Lyceum International Maritime Academy facade sports the Bluepoint Institute banner. |
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| Linux and Open Source Fundamentals | Marie Grace Gaffud-Antonio Bluepoint Institute | | | | | Running Windows Within Linux | Engels Antonio, RHCE, RHCX Bluepoint Institute | | | | | Linux Desktop Applications | Eddie Salonga Bluepoint Institute | | | | | Jump to Java | Engels Antonio, RHCE, RHCX Bluepoint Institute | | | | | Essentials of PHP | Engels Antonio, RHCE, RHCX Bluepoint Institute | |
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| | | |  |  |  |  | | | | | Magie Antonio discusses some Linux and Open Source Fundamentals. |
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| | The open forum generated a lot of questions from the students and guests. |
| | | Delegates respond to Engels Antonio's Running Windows Within Linux presentation. |
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 |  |  |  | | Eddie Salonga enumerates current Linux Desktop Applications. |
| | Participants check out the workshop kits prepared by Lyceum. |
| | Engels Antonio outlines the key reasons to Jump to Java. |
| | Engels Antonio discusses the Essentials of PHP. |
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