On Thu, 2006-12-07 at 18:42 +0800, Dean Michael Berris wrote: > Okay, I can't sit back and just let this slide. > > On 12/7/06, Paolo Alexis Falcone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Well, the short term costs may be higher since it's a migration from one > > system or technology to another. What's more important though are the > > long term savings that can be done IF the migration is done > > strategically and successfully. > > > > This is a misnomer. Just because it's FOSS doesn't mean it's cheaper > in the long run. How much will you spend for an administrator? For > support? For custom application development? This is all hypothetical > and I don't feel right gambling with the country's POLICY just to try > and prove it true. I'd rather stick to what works and if that means > using proprietary software, then let it be -- and let FOSS fight its > way through into the government computers. >
How much will you spend for licenses over N number of machines? N number of users? The cost of those are NOT hypothetical, by the way. Even if you'd use proprietary software, You'd STILL PAY FOR AN ADMINISTRATOR. You'd STILL PAY FOR SUPPORT. You'd STILL PAY FOR CUSTOM APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT. And that is NOT hypothetical by the way. > This is a hypothetical conjuncture best used as FUD against > proprietary or for the matter Non-FOSS solutions. Non-FOSS does not > have to necessarily mean proprietary, and I can cite a lot of licenses > that are not considered FOSS licenses but give the users access to the > code AND redistribution rights. That's one area that we'd want to push for as part of revisions to the bill. That the license of software would just have to fall under the criteria of FOSS license as promulgated in the bill - it shouldn't matter if said license is OSI/FSF/UN-approved or not, as long as it satisfies the criteria. -- 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
