Philippine Development Solutions
Strong and Democratic Philippines with Good Quality of Life for all Filipinos
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Saturday, December 08, 2012
Softmaker Office - the Good Office Suite; even FreeOffice
I have been using the Softmaker Office 2010, bought as Ashampoo Office 2010, then upgraded to Softmaker Office 2010. It’s fast in my Windows 2000, my preferred OS, and occupies just a sliver of my hardisk space. Although it does not have all the bells and whistles of the Microsoft Office product, it handles well the MS Office 2007 and up, new file format versions both in read and write (except in PPTx and XLSx). It does all the things I need to do in an Office Suite.
It gets better with Softmaker FreeOffice 2012, with most of the features of Softmaker Office 2010 but its FREE. And it still runs on my old reliable and simple Windows 2000 OS. What you will miss is just the writing into the DOCx, PPTx and XLSx file formats, and the dictionaries. If you definitely need these, why not buy the full Softmaker Office 2012 paid version, and support this good software product and company. You will never pay full price again for succeeding new versions.
Go now to http://freeoffice.com/ to download and test the Softmaker FreeOffice 2012.
Go to http://www.softmaker.com/english/of_en.htm to buy the full Softmaker Office 2012 paid version. Also available for Linux and Android. SoftMaker Office 2010 is still available for Windows Mobile and Windows CE.
If you are an academic institution, you will get a very low cost site license at http://www.softmaker.com/english/education_en.htm
Aren’t these Good Guys on the Web.
Saturday, December 04, 2004
CALOCO Solutions
CApable LOw-COst solutions is what the Philippines need to attain its objectives. These solutions are the answer to the inadequate financial resources that we can employ for development. Contemporary solutions from the West are mostly finance-intensive that were developed in and for a financially-endowed environment. However, there are things from the West that we can employ for our development - their surplus hardware.
A good example is in I.T. where the West are already dumping Pentium III class computers and similar I.T. equipment. And even now, we are seeing first generation wi-fi equipment meeting the same fate. We can get this surplus hardware at the cost of transportation, and deploy them for a nation-wide network that will provide Internet services to all barangays, specially for those who cannot afford to go to an Internet cafe.
For software, there are freeware and open source solutions. And there are a lot of good guy programmers out there who will give permission for the use of their software for good I.T. programs.
For the maintenance of this nation-wide network, we can request the local government units to employ the many I.T. graduates we have to maintain and expand it, for the use of their respective constituencies. Through this manner, the new graduates will have the training that they can use for employment abroad.
I.T. is just one sector where we can use CALOCO solutions. The important thing is to use effectively what we have in abundance while reducing inputs coming from where we are deficient.
©Rengab2004
Sunday, October 03, 2004
Labor Equity
The Philippines lacks capital but has a lot of manpower for development. In this situation, any development program has to leverage this rich human resource and minimize the use of capital, specially foreign sourced. Minimizing the use of foreign capital will result in the continuous reduction of the country's huge foreign debt.
One tool to accomplish this kind of development is the use of Labor Equity. Labor Equity is basically the use of corporate ownership as labor compensation. Many unemployed in the rural areas will work at wage levels that are competitive to Chinese levels. This will drastically improve the competitiveness of the Philippines in the international labor market. In return for such wage levels, employees will become part owners of the entity they are working for/with and benefit from the wealth they are creating.
In this model, the vast Philippine human resource is given economic value and leveraged for economic development, while minimizing capital resource needs.
I discussed this concept last night with two friends from the NEDA and I hope they input this into their agency discussion on developmental models.
©Rengab2004
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
Philippine Development Solutions
This blog shall contain possible solutions to Philippine Development. This is in support towards the objective of a "Strong and Democratic Philippines with Good Quality of Life for all Filipinos." Problems are only discussed in relation to providing solutions.
©Rengab2004