On Fri, 2006-08-04 at 12:16 +0800, Rogelio Serrano wrote: > >From Manila Standard. > > "1. The country can reduce reliance and spending on imports. Most > proprietary operating systems and business applications come from the > United States, and developing countries such as the Philippines end up > importing millions of dollars worth of software licenses. On the other > hand, FOSS by its very nature can be obtained at no or very little > cost, resulting in substantial foreign exchange savings." > > It seems to say "the imperialist US is ripping us off via software licenses!". > > I never heard anyone in the GRP complaining about licensing cost at > all! I know rich countries like the Netherlands and Germany did. I > wonder why.
Speaking as an outsider, with a limited understanding of Philippines history and politics (ie I'm not sure how entrenched the US is in the national psyche). I just thought I would make a comment on the above paragraph. To me it does not read "anti-american" rather as "pro-philippines". My take is that the bill should be promoting the local ICT industry through the development of FOSS based services and products. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Open Source On The Air A LocalFOSS Production http://www.localfoss.org irc: #localfoss on irc.freenode.net
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