Hi Rogelio, On 9/22/06, Rogelio Serrano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 9/22/06, Dean Michael Berris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Having read this post again, I am a little apprehensive with the term > "acquire" because it has something to do with ownership. I would > rather use the term "procure" or "use". > > Aside from that, I think 1) access to the code 2) ability to modify > the source code to suit a particular purpose and 3) unlimited use of > the source and the binaries in all agencies ; are the most important > at least to me. >
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are we better than them because we chose the more pragmatic proprietary software?
You think using FOSS in government is about being better than other countries?
did we gain advantage over them because we can focus our resources on other more important things than trying to prove that we are better then the software giants like MS?
You think using FOSS in government is about gaining advantage over other countries? Please keep it relevant. You're not adding to the "intelligence" of this thread. http://plug.free.net.ph/lists/netiquette -- 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
