On 7/24/06, Joey S. Eisma <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
FUD. not even the big companies with propietary softwares
have a "clean" product in a litigious society. read more about
Eolas, NTP, et. al.
life's unfair in the first place, why bother :)
think about it this way, OSS would only force the market to
offer better services at beter prices, which is good for the
consumer.
that depends on how are you planning to migrate. usually
server migration cost is lower and with benefits higher!
while the desktop migration can be costly especially when
the users are dependent on non-portable softwares, whether
in-house or not.
here's a desktop migration tip: start by pushing portable
apps (firefox, openoffice, etc.) on your propietary OS, and
make it a policy to only develop web-based DB management
applications. desktop migration can be achieved phase by
phase with minimal resistance before totally replacing the
OS on some, if not on all machines.
desktop migration can be fun sometimes, for you might
encounter questions such as "can i access Friendster
using that?.. can i chat with my friends on Yahoo?...".
OSS adhere to open standards. incompatibility would be the
least of your problem. Even big software companies supports
a "connector" for their known products.
as for institutional resistance, money talks. if you can't make your
presentation in financial terms, then your doomed.
OSS is powered by a global community. if you really want enterprise
level support, you can purchase distros such RHEL, SuSe,Ubuntu LTS,
etc. and besides, there's always PLUG to ask for support anyway,
hehehe.
if your enterprise is going to use a popular brand for a hardware then,
it would also be the least of your problem. you wouldn't trust your
mission critical applications to less known hardware brand anyway.
i don't think there's much propietary OS that runs and is supported
on various hardware platforms such as Sparc,Power,PPC/Mac,
Playstation 2, etc. than most OSS does. the power of OSS is not
with new hardware alone but also with the old but powerful ones.
law? i don't about that but afaik, there are quite a number of municipalities
that already passed an ordinance for adopting OSS.
ideally, to use TAX PAYERS money wisely whenever possible.
a. Unclear intellectual property rights
FUD. not even the big companies with propietary softwares
have a "clean" product in a litigious society. read more about
Eolas, NTP, et. al.
b. Unfairness to private sector and skewing of market forces
life's unfair in the first place, why bother :)
think about it this way, OSS would only force the market to
offer better services at beter prices, which is good for the
consumer.
c. Migration cost
that depends on how are you planning to migrate. usually
server migration cost is lower and with benefits higher!
while the desktop migration can be costly especially when
the users are dependent on non-portable softwares, whether
in-house or not.
here's a desktop migration tip: start by pushing portable
apps (firefox, openoffice, etc.) on your propietary OS, and
make it a policy to only develop web-based DB management
applications. desktop migration can be achieved phase by
phase with minimal resistance before totally replacing the
OS on some, if not on all machines.
encounter questions such as "can i access Friendster
using that?.. can i chat with my friends on Yahoo?...".
d. Incompatibility with existing systems and institutional resistance
OSS adhere to open standards. incompatibility would be the
least of your problem. Even big software companies supports
a "connector" for their known products.
as for institutional resistance, money talks. if you can't make your
presentation in financial terms, then your doomed.
e. Lack of available support and service providers or support for new
hardware.
OSS is powered by a global community. if you really want enterprise
level support, you can purchase distros such RHEL, SuSe,Ubuntu LTS,
etc. and besides, there's always PLUG to ask for support anyway,
hehehe.
if your enterprise is going to use a popular brand for a hardware then,
it would also be the least of your problem. you wouldn't trust your
mission critical applications to less known hardware brand anyway.
i don't think there's much propietary OS that runs and is supported
on various hardware platforms such as Sparc,Power,PPC/Mac,
Playstation 2, etc. than most OSS does. the power of OSS is not
with new hardware alone but also with the old but powerful ones.
2. What present law & policies justify the government use and adoption
of FOSS?
law? i don't about that but afaik, there are quite a number of municipalities
that already passed an ordinance for adopting OSS.
3. Why should the Government adopt and support FOSS?
ideally, to use TAX PAYERS money wisely whenever possible.
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