On 7/18/06, John Peter Loh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
and for those cynics that says FOSS can't topple big bad bill, read your history books, microsoft didn't start out big then toppled big blue(ibm) instantly, he worked his ass off.
and for those saying that there is no money being in the FOSS business, you are mistaken, i know this guy i won't mention his name for obvious reasons, makes millions of pesos making business with the goverment and he did that by using FOSS.
this social science thread is going nowhere, everybody has his/her own opinion, but don't you think it's time to work or discuss on something we all agree, e.g. instead of putting up a bill mandating the use of FOSS why not write a bill and hopefully passed into law that any government agency who chooses to use FOSS gets perks and those who prefer using proprietary softwares none, wouldn't that be great?On 7/18/06, manny < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> Being pragmatic about it says: okay, let's use
> proprietary software while there aren't any cheaper alternatives for
> us the meantime -- now when someone else creates open source versions
> or alternatives, then perhaps we can asses them then.
You've got it backwards. The more pragmatic way is to say we should use
open source software everywhere we can NOW, and then retain or use
proprietary software in the meantime in places where we can't use open
source software. The government will save more that way. It can't afford
to keep throwing money away on overpriced pro[prietary systems that
really don't work that well either.
God bless!
Uhhh... what's the difference? It's just a complete inverse of the statement.
and for those cynics that says FOSS can't topple big bad bill, read your history books, microsoft didn't start out big then toppled big blue(ibm) instantly, he worked his ass off.
and for those saying that there is no money being in the FOSS business, you are mistaken, i know this guy i won't mention his name for obvious reasons, makes millions of pesos making business with the goverment and he did that by using FOSS.
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