On Thu, 2005-04-28 at 08:44 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Uhm, no, not quite. You'd have "been there, done that" if you'd charged a > tad less than 5M. The gap between 5M and 200K is just too big for the > "diligent". For those who aren't familiar with the vernacular and its puns, > the "diligent" are those who look for "delihensiya", IOW income outside of > the proper means. So what if your proposal doesn't account for the cost of > software licenses, which is zero? You still have to set things up, maybe > develop some scripts or full-blown programs, train users -- that's what the > LGU is getting for 5M, even if your time and effort might not be worth that > much. Or, maybe you can charge 2.5M since our advocacy includes lowering IT > costs for the government -- then you can promise the "diligent" the same > arrangement as with the 5M project. >
Yeah, people were suggesting the same thing to me -- jack up the price to around 2M or up to 5M but my conscience cannot and will not allow that. Sorry to say, I had better things to waste my life on aside from anyway. :D And do take note, I wrote "Been there, TRIED that." ;) > Just to make things clear: 1) There's a risk that another LGU which doesn't > have "diligent" officials may get publicity for a similar project that cost > a fraction of the "commisssioned" project. Vigilant constituents of the > latter may then raise a howl and ask why their LGU spent so much. As > project proponent, you may have to face an "inquiry in aid of legislation". > More to the point 2) Jijo's post and mine shouldn't be interpreted as an > endorsement of corruption. > 1) This would happen if we were in a 1st world country. But even in a 1st world country, there are "diligent" officials. :D 2) I didn't. :D > More, later. I'm waiting. :D -- -=[ 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
