My own interpretation of Commissioner Lallana's statement is that government can't do it alone. Any legislation would fall apart without a capable technical support mechanism. Government can't provide that -- ASTI and CVISNET are too small to do it all. It is therefore up to the private sector to provide that support. The lead organization IMHO could be PLUG. The parallel here is the E-Commerce Act, which should've opened up opportunities for the private sector. I don't really know the extent of private sector participation in e-enabling the various gov't units -- it seems that a lot of them relied on internal resources. It might not might not be the same for a hypothetical FLOSS bill.
Mabuhay. Original Message: ----------------- From: Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 15:53:44 +0800 Before we do something like this, let us first ensure that we have enough people and the infrastructure to support this. As Dr. Lallana mentioned to us during our induction[1] last year, with the lack of capable support and technical expertise our proposed system would fall apart. The adoption of FOSS in government, education and other sectors would still have a long way to go, and mere legislation won't solve the problem on the lack of support. [1] http://linux.org.ph/events/2004-12-18 -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . _________________________________________________ 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
