There's that misconception again that the anti-thing of open source is commercial software. We all know that companies make money from open source via support and training contracts and other related services. I obviously don't want to play the game, but if we want to play by the rules of the corrupt, we can always include "facilitation fees" in our support and training contracts. Yes?
The other thing is that, according to Carlo Subido over at the OpenMinds mailing list, bidding rules *exclude* open source by requiring the bidder to show proof of license of the software they'll use. I don't know if that has anything to do with corruption but there you have it. Mabuhay. Original Message: ----------------- From: Froilan Romualdo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 09:25:48 +0800 I read an article from ComputerWorld (Philippines) newspaper. The commentator said, the reason why the government is not using Open Source SWs is because 'The corrupt prefer the commercial'. "The decision-maker is corrupt...", he said. What a sad news! Hopefully corruption in our government will be minimize at least. -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
