On Thu, 2006-09-21 at 14:24 +0800, david t. asuncion, jr. wrote: > I hope this is still the right forum to ask. :) > > I don't see in the proposed bill what would happen to existing > government (closed-source) softwares like the eNGAS, CRIS, etc. Would > these (closed-source) softwares stay in use by the government after > the passage of the proposed bill, or a new FOSS version will be made > available or maybe its source code could be made open....
See provision re: Office on FOSS Migration. I doubt that these proprietary apps would be replaced anytime soon (as it would be expensive to suddenly replace them) on some mission-critical apps, although the intent of the bill is to eventually replace them, as well as prioritize FOSS in newer systems. -- 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
