On Thu, 2006-09-14 at 09:07 +0800, Danny Ching wrote: > >Making government *impose* anything is a draconian way of running > >governments. It's like requiring everyone to wear white shirts *only* > >when in government offices -- the policy is not only silly, it is > >needless. > > I agree with this assessment whole heartedly! > > But if I'm not mistaken, I think the bill allows the use of > proprietary software if no FOSS is available. Is this correct, guys?
It does, but at its current form, it doesn't promote replacement of such with FOSS equivalents. With that weakness, every lazy government IT head would create all sorts of fabulous excuses just to maintain the status quo rather than complying with the spirit of the intended bill. -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________ 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
