On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 11:50 +0800, Irvin Piraman wrote: > If open source would be adopted by government through due process, > i.e., pass bill in congresss, then we would have a more solid program > for the use of OSS. There is no harm in helping out in small ways > spread the use of OSS in the community, but a mandate from the > executive branch will be more effective. >
Can we do this without dragging (the now officially untrustworthy and and absolutely ludicrous) congress into the equation? We all know how incompetent they can get and will do everything to do absolutely nothing related to their mandate. I don't trust this government, and I wouldn't want to pit my hopes up with them. Best is if we actually go to the local public school, talk to the principal, and maybe even every weekend teach the teachers how to use Linux and open source. Of course, I can do that here in Calauan, and I would be able to help the teachers here teach the children better. Do something you can personally do -- not hope for a snow-ball effect that doesn't ever happen here in the Philippines. Sounds cynical? More realistic. Of course, you can write your congressman/representative in congress. That will be one step. But the more effective thing would be to reach the audience that you already have -- your friends, your neighbor, your community. > This is not being a hero. This is common sense. And common sense tells us that what you can do now you should. Don't wait for congress to actually pass a bill, or don't wait for congress at all. Make a difference where you actually can make one now. Leave the bureaucracy to bureaucrats. Take up arms, and fight for your cause. If that means going to your local computer shop and offering them Linux and support, then that might be the way we should go about things. :) -- Dean Michael C. Berris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG Key: 0x08AE6EAC http://mikhailberis.blogspot.com Mobile: +63 928 7291459
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