> In a such poor country like this, Free Software and
> Open Source could be the answer to the government's
> software needs.
Well, open source and free software are not God.
Netcraft surveys the internet and reports on actual server usage. It's
always good for a little dose of reality:
http://news.netcraft.com/
Hmm. I remember some news about Peru.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=peru+free+software
Gives this
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25157.html
and, well, this
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26207.html
> Unfortunately, MS has the monopoly in the government's
> software, and our leaders see GNU like "We don't have
> any support for that. Nobody guarantees us the GNU
> software's good performance. With MS we can demand
> answers to SOMEBODY." They say that they prefer to pay
> to get that "warranty".
I guess you could always make the argument that, to get Microsoft's
attention and get bribes^H^H^H^H^H^Hhelp from the monopoly, you have to
threaten to break out of it. :-(
You might also mention that, if they want to buy support, RedHat and
other Linux companies are now selling support.
http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/
Shoot, Mac OS X is a pretty decent buy, too, and ASP does not run native
on Apple's systems.
> I know that it's going to be hard, but I'm willing to
> fight for what I believe in. Wish me luck :D
Good luck, but don't be surprised if the road is longer and harder than
it ought to be. Make sure you can make a living while you're fighting.
--
Joel Rees, programmer, Systems Group
Altech Corporation (Alpsgiken), Osaka, Japan
http://www.alpsgiken.co.jp
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