On 9/14/06, fooler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
let me attack this problem on another angle.... if this bill to push FOSS to the government just to save money... then this is not the solution to the intenteded problem... philippines have lots of money (eg. remittances from OFWs, our natural resources, our exports, off-shore revenues and many more)...
I won't dispute this, although I've my own reservations. Given the fact that the country does have potential access to much higher financial resources, it would seem that the proposal's stand on saving money might be weak ground...
the main problem and the cancer of our society is the graft and corruption in the government.... our politicians have a "show me the money" mentality.... even if this bill succeed... politicians will find ways to circumvent this bill just to aim their main goal - money, money, money...
Heh, I was trying to be blunt, but that's exactly my sentiment. There's no guarantee in that proposed bill whatsoever about greedy DOMs not singing the `show me the booty' chorus... But, then again, so does any legislation made by Congress/Senate recently...
if that will going to happen... then let us make a bill to fund research and development technical people to move forward...
That would be a much better take on this. Rather than removing choice, such a bill would only encourage more choice. And for me, that's all what I care about. Take away choice, you take away FOSS. There is no loophole on that. Cheers, Zakame -- Zak B. Elep || http://zakame.spunge.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] || [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1486 7957 454D E529 E4F1 F75E 5787 B1FD FA53 851D _________________________________________________ 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
