Hi Holden! On 9/20/06, Holden Hao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The governement does not have the resources and the man power. But if they have the budget I would rather have them source out FOSS solutions to local providers. This way the government saves money from exorbitant licenses and at the same time help the local economy. It would help ease the trade deficit, increase employment availability, and develop the local FOSS community.
I would rather have it this way too. But I have reservations against making FOSS mandatory for Government. I would like to think that it's the private sector's burden to prove to government that FOSS will work for it. Some people like the idea of making Government create demand, then the supply follows. I would rather we develop the supply first, then show government that the supply is enough to meet their current and future demands. Maybe that's where my opposition from the FOSS bill stems from, as well as my different view regarding "choice" and "freedom" as far as government goes. -- Dean Michael C. Berris C++ Software Architect Orange and Bronze Software Labs, Ltd. Co. web: http://software.orangeandbronze.com/ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: +63 928 7291459 phone: +63 2 8943415 other: +1 408 4049532 blogs: http://mikhailberis.blogspot.com http://3w-agility.blogspot.com http://cplusplus-soup.blogspot.com _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
