[Fwd: [luau] Taiwan High Schools Forming Linux Alliance]

[W. Wayne Liauh]

I failed to mention that one of the key implementors of this Linux 
project is a high school student.  He will be teaching his "teachers" 
how to use Apache, Slash, PHPnuke, Samba, MySQL, etc.  I really 
seriously doubt a student taught in an exclusively Windows environment 
will have the resources/access/desire to learn, practice, and popularize 
those skills.

A few years ago I had a summer intern who was a sophomore in one of our 
local public (but not highly regarded) high schools.  His computer 
skills (through self-taught Linux) really shocked me.  Ultimately, those 
self-taught skills, among other things, won him a full schoolarship at 
one of the most prestigious school in the East.

Taiwan is particularly significant in the Linux equation because it 
controls the development of peripherals.  I have been trying 
unsuccessfully to convince one of my clients in Taiwan to develop cheap 
but good LinModems.  Perhaps this new movement will change their mind.

> wrote:
>
>> This guys a complete nut. Doesn't know what the fuck is going on in 
>> the real world. The typical
>> student will never learn "real computer programming." So Linux will 
>> be a fuckin loser in Taiwan.
>>
>> Cy
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, May 21, 2002, at 11:40 AM, Joe Linux wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>     -------- Original Message --------
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>     Hi, just thought many of you might be interested in this little
>>     noticed
>>     but potentially explosive news. Below is a translation of some key
>>     portions:
>>
>>     Ten high schools in two northern counties in Taiwan have formed a
>>     "Linux
>>     alliance". Under pressure from the US government, the Taiwan
>>     government
>>     has begun cracking down on software piracy (incidentally,
>>     Microsoft will
>>     be the main, if not the sole, beneficiary of these actions). Without
>>     the money to buy Microsoft software, and without the technical
>>     expertise
>>     within each individual school to do system-wide Linux installation,
>>     forming an alliance to thus pull their resources together is the
>>     only
>>     option.
>>
>>     These ten high schools will deploy school-wide Linux systems this
>>     summer. (Bye-bye Microsoft. Bye-bye Windows). More than twenty other
>>     high schools are planning to follow. It was estimated that each
>>     school
>>     can save at least $150,000 per year by going to Linux. The total
>>     saving
>>     will exceed $5 million (US) dollars a year.
>>
>>     Plus, the students will have a chance to learn real computer
>>     programming. Not just playing computer games (and peeping into
>>     porn sites).
>>
>>
>>     Best,
>>
>>     W. Wayne Liauh, Ph.D., J.D.
>>     Attorney and Counselor at Law
>>
>>
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