On 2/8/06, Jerome Gotangco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The problem with this project is that a government who wants to join > in the program should commit itself to purchase at least a million or > 2 of the units so that the price would actully be met as well as incur > a small profit for the manufacturer. > > Even if they end up choosing a Microsoft Operating System, we can > still pitch for WinFOSS to lessen the impact of costs and lowering the > learning curve (if it is present). The keyword is standardization of > platform by the government. >
Yes, "Microsoft or Linux/FOSS" should be a non-issue. If we can push for FOSS on Windows, sure, why not? Rep. Charlie Cojuangco (Negros?) was here in our institute yesterday, where we presented to him our project (which involves providing elearning and internet connectivity to agricultural extension workers). He mentioned that he is currently discussing with MS the possibility of providing PCs to his constituency's public schools. Point is, there are interested people in this concept and they just need more inputs. Think of them as points of entry to push for more discussions on FOSS inclusion, etc. :) -- Ian Dexter R. Marquez http://iandexter.co.nr [PGP key: 0x707F6E40] _________________________________________________ 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
