Hi David! On 9/22/06, david t. asuncion, jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Elo Sir Dean,
No "Sir" please. ;-)
On 9/22/06, Dean Michael Berris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Oh wait, but the FOSS bill doesn't even cover that part of the > equation on procurement and acquisition of third party service! And > even if there's bidding process, let's say inferior FOSS still gets > through and it's pit against competent non-FOSS, then with the bill > made law FOSS will prevail! Pasensiya po kung tag-lish ang sagot ko.
Pardon me if I still reply in English. :-)
Actually, kapag naipasa ang proposed bill.. wala nang magbibid ng propriety software. :)
Indeed, which is a bad thing IMO. There are proprietary source-available software around under non-FOSS licenses, which I don't want excluded from the selection pool just because they're non-FOSS.
Pero hindi naman ata ibig sabihin nito ay isang FOSS na inferior na lang ang mapipili ng gobyerno. Hindi ba't may mga standards at specifications na irerequire ang isang ahensiya bago ito magpa-bid ng isang project? Natural lang na dahil sa proseso ng bidding (assuming na walang irregularidad) ay makakapili ang gobyerno ng isang matinong FOSS na makakasagot sa kanyang pangangailangan.
That's what I want to happen: to set standards and specifications on a per-project basis, and a guideline in which these standards will be defined.
> > > > Hardly lockin. Migrating would be expensive, but consider that with the > > code being FOSS, the option to migrate to another platform that would be > > open is, and will always be open. Contrast this to using proprietary > > code on proprietary platforms - you don't even have that choice! > > > > Lock-in in using FOSS is not impossible, and it can be self-induced. Self-induced meaning kapag ginusto mong mangyari syo eh mangyayari? At least may choice ka pa rin na hindi ito "ma-induced" sa vendor lockin.. di ba?
Yes, which is precisely why I don't believe saying "using only FOSS in government" will alleviate the vendor lock-in problem. -- Dean Michael C. Berris C++ Software Architect Orange and Bronze Software Labs, Ltd. Co. web: http://software.orangeandbronze.com/ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: +63 928 7291459 phone: +63 2 8943415 other: +1 408 4049532 blogs: http://mikhailberis.blogspot.com http://3w-agility.blogspot.com http://cplusplus-soup.blogspot.com _________________________________________________ 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
