On 2/2/06, Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
i'm currently a great fan of shuttleworth but his int'l "celebrity" status is not
enough to lobby our officials. bono is way cooler but he too can't lobby the
same. one has to be a "maguire" to show them the money...
"Ubuntu founder asks go'vt to support open source advocacy?"
...
linux will never gain official traction in our government because there's too much damn vested interest in the corrupt software procurement process. if the cost of acquiring something is zero (or close to zero), nobody will spec it because there will be nothing to pad or skim.
i'm currently a great fan of shuttleworth but his int'l "celebrity" status is not
enough to lobby our officials. bono is way cooler but he too can't lobby the
same. one has to be a "maguire" to show them the money...
reminds me -- anyone care to take me up on a bet? i bet that the government will not avail of Nicholas Negroponte's $100 laptop initiative. because it impacts too many vested interests: the corrupt school textbook lobby for one. besides since everybody knows the laptop costs $100, there is no opportunity for brazen padding of the acquisition price.
i agree, since the government have to pledge at least 1 million units of it. and
in order for the gov't to finance such, they'll be needing some backers (how
about from the gates foundation? naah).
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