We are using MySQL, Help Save It!

Aris — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:38:34 +0100

Oracle is trying to buy Sun, and since Sun bought MySQL last year, Oracle would then own MySQL. With your support, there is a good chance that the EC (from which Oracle needs approval) could prevent this from happening or demand Oracle to change the terms for MySQL or give other guarantees to the users. Without your support, it might not. The EC is our last big hope now because the US government approved the deal while Europe is still worried about the effects.

-MONTY SAYS

Congatulations PIUS Inc. Project Director Jophel Ybiosa

pius — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:58:20 +0100

Jophel Botero Ybiosa of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines won the Grand Prize (Gold Award) in the photography category of the 2009 ASEAN-Korea MultimRead More...

PIUS Position on Electoral Partisanship

Philippine Internet Users Society — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:37:04 +0100

The Philippine Internet Users’ Society (PIUS) leadership and management does not take a partisanship position with regards to electoral politics, because doing so will typecast PIUS and limit its expansion reach.

PIUS does not have a unified stand or preference for any presidential candidate, or any politician in general, but it respects the individual private choices of its officers, members and its alliance partners.

PIUS is still a young newly-formed organizatioRead More...

PIUS supports I-CAFÉ’s “Huwag Kang Sasagot” drive

Philippine Internet Users Society — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:55:47 +0100

The Philippine Internet Users Society Inc. (PIUS) supports the initiative of I-CAFÉ Pilipinas, a newly-formed organization, on its recent campaign called “Huwag Kang Sasagot,” an advocacy against cyber criminals.

PIUS Chief Executive Officer Michael M. Alunan welcomed the advocacy campaign of I-CAFÉ led by its National Advocacy Officer Gener Luis Morada, claiming that this will forewarn the 24 million Filipino Internet users of the threatsRead More...

We are Volunteers

Jophel Ybiosa — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 09:54:06 +0100

The PIUS Core Team and Working Group members have joined PIUS because of its powerful advocacy. Despite the limited time, the extreme lack of resources, and the absence of an office, PIUS is slowly taking shape.

Just like any infant organization, we are suffering from the usual birth pains, including adjustmentRead More...

Blog entries tagged Philippine Internet Users Society

We are using MySQL, Help Save It!

Congatulations PIUS Inc. Project Director Jophel Ybiosa

PIUS Position on Electoral Partisanship

PIUS supports I-CAFÉ’s “Huwag Kang Sasagot” drive

We are Volunteers