Extracts from a note by Bala Pillai bala@tamil.net

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Tamil Ants/Erumbugale,

The most interactive open source/Linux community in our time zone/Asia springs out of the Philippines. Primarily because the Filipino psyche is a more secure psyche, a more self-confident pyche. Folks who are self-confident worry about the future less, and allocate more time diagnosing and solving problems rather than echoing and reechoing it. Filipinos are also more into sharing and online sharing - we should look to more symbiosis with them.

Manila-based Miguel Paraz whom I have interacted with since 1996, is a key catalyst in the Filipino Linux community.

http://www.q-linux.com is a good starting point to get a feel for the key Open Source catalysts in the Philippines.

KL,Malaysia-based Dinesh who runs http://www.alphaque.com is another lead Open Source catalyst in our tmiezone. Do look for symbiosis opportunities there too....

I see lots of room for us to symbiosis together. For example, there is likely to be areas where we diagnosing, documenting, analysing, coding or publicising where there is over-duplication.

If we coordinated ourselves and found out where our circles and priorities intersect , we could share this work and get fruits out faster.

For your consideration.

cheers../bala Bala Pillai bala@tamil.net Founder, Thamil Innaiyam (since 1995) http://www.tamil.net Founder, Malaysia.Net (since 1995) http://www.malaysia.net Founder, The Asia Pacific Internet Company (since 1995) http://www.apic.net Towards Wired Ants Mindhood: Click on http://groups.yahoo.com/group/erumbugal Sydney, Australia Phone: + 61 2 9498 4852 Yahoo Instant Messenger: bala2pillai