On Thu, 2005-04-28 at 11:22 +0800, Federico Sevilla III wrote: > > I'm curious: what if instead of approaching the LGU as a F/OSS group you > approach them as a software solutions group? Charge the same as > proprietary software. Pay the same cuts they expect. Make the same > money. But use F/OSS all the way. Then use the funds to further F/OSS > both locally and internationally. >
Been there, tried that, but it doesn't work too well even if the politician you go to is your uncle. :D I've deployed the eLGU pilot testing programme at Calauan back when I was still actively "contributing" my time to the office of the Mayor. When I proposed a project which would computerize most of the operations in the Municipal Office at the cost of 200,000 Php (compared to the 5M others had been offering), it would still have to go through the sangguniang bayan where my uncle's partida wasn't really dominating. So the proposal was overlooked, and maybe some other people would like to try. > True, it's hardly advocacy. Probably hardly admirable. Definitely > Machiavellian. But hey, it might pave the way. > Sure might. Why don't we try? :D > --> Jijo > -- -=[ Mild 7 Smoking Systems Developer ]=- ymid: mikhailberis [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mikhailberis.blogspot.com +639217841815 _________________________________________________ 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
