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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 This is a good idea, however, we must remember that it is not the governments job to provide this softwae. It is not their competencey. Their job is to run the country department by department. For the government technology is a tool to do whatever they have to do. They are not an IT firm. That is why most of IT projects are done by outsourced companies. Secondly, considering the budget deficit, I doubt the government can offer competitive packages to programmers. One question I have is what do you mean by "vital infrastructure" to our economy? _________________________________________________ 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
