On 7/10/06, jan gestre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 7/10/06, manny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 9 Jul 2006, Rogelio Serrano wrote: > > > Its all about power. If you have read Toffler you know what I mean. > > Good point there. I don't believe for a second that Micro$oft gives a > monkey's rear-end about the success of Philippines businesses. They opnly > see us as consumers and revenue sources. The same for all of the BSA. > > For their revenue model to continue generating huge profits, consuemrs > must be denied the means to become prosumers (producer/consumers). And > that's why they keep trying to suppress open source. Open source is an > enabler. it gives power to users and small developers. it breaks the > dependency cycle that the BSA wants to perpetuate. > > Open source deserves a boost. In fact, we ought to go faterh than that. We > ought to REQUIRE all government agencies to use open source applications > unless there is no other choice but to use proprietary software. We should > giove tax breaks for companies that remain free of illegal software by > using open source software (NOT licensed proprietary software). > > Maybe that sopunds radical, but if we reach for it, we may be able to > achieve more, even if we don't get all we ask for. > > i admire all your talks and opinion regarding this open source bill, why not channel all these energy and LOBBY hard in congress, make our presence felt! make those people know that using FOSS will bring benefits like lower TCO..... -- RoundCube Rocks!!! The best WebMail client to date! _________________________________________________ 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
Its not as easy as that. how much power do we have? Is it enough to say we want open source in government and it will happen? Congress need to be pushed to do that. And i think the major powers in the IT industry has a bigger push in the opposite direction. Unfortunately right does not make might. ITs quiet the opposite. Good people need might to enforce whats right and us it the right way. Screaming your lungs off is not going to cut it. words dont cut it. A credible software base for all our needs must be deployed first by private enterprise. Then congress will just roll over. -- things i hate about my linux pc: 1. it takes more than a second to boot up 2. keeps asking about filenames and directories 3. does not remember what i was working on yesterday 4. does not remember all the changes i have ever made 5.cannot figure out necessary settings by itself _________________________________________________ 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
