On 12/9/06, Dean Michael Berris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
That's bad because other NON-FOSS solutions which may already solve
the problems which the above code will have to be modified still to
solve, do not get the chance to be considered by the government
because there's always this piece of code that can be an alternative
to anything.
This is pure FUD. Like I said before, no one in his right mind can
ever construe the bill to mean that any little "Hello World" program
should be considered as meeting real-world government requirements in a
bidding. That's absurd. The law doesn't say that. This is a willful and
obvious DISTORTION and MISREPRESENTATION of what the bill mandates.
The bottom line is that a FOSS solution must meet requirements. If it
still requires major tweaking then it doesn't meet requirements. Then one
can consider proprietary solutions. Now if those don't meet requirements
either (and that is just as likely), then at least the government (or some
third party) can tweak the FOSS code. You can't do that with proprietary
software unless you pay the software manufacturer. Customization isn't
cheap, no matter what the code, but at least with FOSS you have
more options (including do-it-yourself) other than just asking the
copyright holder for help.
God bless!
--[Manny [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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