On 7/17/06, Cocoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
1. i guess we can all agree on this: that legislation that mandates "open source" isn't really that wise. because: a) "open source" is a methodology, a way of building software b) a key ingredient for a successful open source project is a community of developers who believe in that particular project, who have an interest in its use/development c) for all the good things open source method can do, it is not the answer for every software development there is and that said, d) it should be market forces that must determine the tools of the trade.
What should be done is have the government hire programmers so they put together software that meets government needs and provide it for free to others who will need it. And in so doing get automatic peer review from the thousands of programmers around the world. and also provide "vital infrastructure" to our economy. -- 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
