On 9/19/06, Dean Michael Berris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I want the Philippine government to use FOSS, but I want it to be used
plainly because of its merits -- not because it was required. If FOSS
is as good as we think it is, then why should government require it to
be used? Have the local providers bid with FOSS, and then make it
through to government the same way proprietary software made it into
government.
hi dean,
if you have experienced working in the government sector you would understand its predicament. i will cite you an example regarding a computerization project in one of our regional office, they submitted a budget proposal costing around two million pesos outlining the proposed computerization of a certain system and their office as well. the said proposal was to purchase one high end server costing around 800,000 pesos, windows 2003 enterprise edition server as OS, visual studio 6, MS SQL server 2000 .... the database was to contain around 5,000 records with a maximum of 10,000. they will also outsource the manpower needed to operate the system.
now tell me, are these the kind of choices you would the IT people in the government to make? hell no! luckily the project didn't push through as planned, our bureau was quick to rebutt these proposal and i made a comment stating that this is an overkill and waste of taxpayer's money, i recommended FOSS as a solution wherein the money that will be saved from the very expensive proprietary software should instead be used to purchase another server to make their system redundant and failsafe.
there are lots of government projects that i saw go to waste, the bill drafted by the office of Rep. Teddy Casiño is a welcome development and i agree that if this bill ever get passed into law will save millions.
democracy and freedom are two of the most overrated words in this country.
just my 2 cents worth.
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