[SiliconBeach] Re: Should the Australian government be supporting open source?

2009-08-04 Thread Jason_au80
I think an important point flew past here in the main debate: Should governments open-source the software they develop? I think they they should - and not only because having an open code- base allows for public verification of the function of government (and on the same basis as FOI laws: that p

[SiliconBeach] Re: Support Small Business and Join the Australian Business Party

2009-07-25 Thread Jason_au80
Yes, but there's a big difference between "getting votes", and getting enough votes to either win, or to force another party to adopt your policies. I'd suggest that none of the three parties you name below have had the slightest success is getting their policies enacted, so Joseph may be well-adv

[SiliconBeach] Re: Support Small Business and Join the Australian Business Party

2009-07-23 Thread Jason_au80
On re-reading my last post, my use of the words "venal" and "incompetent" was probably excessive. So I retract them, and apologize for their use. Regards Jason On Jul 24, 1:03 pm, Jason_au80 wrote: > (Apologies for this long rant - those with no interest in politi

[SiliconBeach] Re: Support Small Business and Join the Australian Business Party

2009-07-23 Thread Jason_au80
(Apologies for this long rant - those with no interest in politics can safely skip it.) Mate, I'll make the assumption that you actually want to win a seat in Parliament, and aren't just forming this political party as something of an ego trip. A little about my background here: Long, long ago,

[SiliconBeach] Re: VPS hosting in Australia

2009-07-15 Thread Jason_au80
I'll add a vote for anchor.net.au as well - I've been nothing but pleased with them for Constrex. Cheers Jason On Jul 15, 10:34 am, David Banes wrote: > Sounds to me like Australian VPS providers should be rushing to   > sponsor this. :) > > David. > > On 15/07/2009, at 10:27 AM, Scott Yang wr

[SiliconBeach] Re: Commercial Cases

2009-06-28 Thread Jason_au80
I had a look at your website, and my initial thought is "Why would I use this?". (Actually my initial thought after seeing the ASP.NET code was "Thank god I use Ruby". But I digress). Your website talks about features, not benefits. What is the advantage of using a direct object store, in place

[SiliconBeach] Re: Silicon Beach Couch Surfing - your thoughts

2009-04-08 Thread Jason_au80
I've got a couch in Sydney (one that's quite suitable for sleeping on too), in Erskineville. Though perhaps not for the next month or so, as I've just moved into a new share house, so I'll take some time to get all friendly before having people staying in the house... Jason On Apr 9, 7:00 am, An