One PLUG project can be to check all the websites of all the different govt departments (including the Commission on ICT...), and determine which ones are closed (require commercial software) and which ones are open (will work with commercial and FOSS software). Once complete, and properly packaged, this is publishable material which most newspapers will want to carry.
Pleasemake sure: 1. all departments and secretary-level offices (like the CICT, Ofc of the President, etc.) are covered. 2. double-check your evaluation many times. We cannot afford any mistake here. E.g., we may think they refuse to work with Firefox, for instance, but in fact they might be working with an earlier version but not with a later version. 3. This can eventually be a regular once or twice a year project, released during a FOSS conference. Regards to all, Obet Verzola On Friday 16 March 2007 1:15 pm, Frederick Pascual wrote: > >From BIR > > https://efps.bir.gov.ph/adcs.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > IEVersion = parseInt(navigator.appVersion.substring(22,25)) > //alert("navigator.appVersion ==> " + parseFloat(navigator.appVersion)); > //alert("navigator.userAgent ==> " + navigator.userAgent); > > > > //NSVersion = > parseInt(navigator.appVersion.substring(navigator.appVersion.indexOf("NETSC >APE/")+9, navigator.appVersion.indexOf("NETSCAPE/")+10)) var details = > navigator.userAgent; > if(details.indexOf("Netscape/") != -1) > { > NSVersion = > details.substring(details.indexOf("Netscape/")+9,details.indexOf("Netscape/ >") + 10); > > } > else > { > NSVersion = 0; > } > > if (((navigator.appName == "Netscape")&&(NSVersion >= 6))|| > ((navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer")&&(IEVersion >= 5))) > { > window.location = "ADCSLogon.html" > } > else > { > document.write("This system requires Internet Explorer <br>") > document.write("versions 5 and up or Netscape Navigator <br>") > document.write("versions 6 and up.<br><br>") > } > > This system requires Internet Explorer > versions 5 and up or Netscape Navigator > versions 6 and up. > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Daniel Escasa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List > <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 10:37:09 AM > Subject: Re: [plug] Bankard Drops Support for Firefox and Linux > > Sabi ni Harvey noong Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 9:31 AM: > > i've just discovered this yesterday: NSO's e-census site does not > > recognize firefox to do online transaction ( > > https://www.ecensus.com.ph/Secure/frmIndex.asp). it requires IE or > > netscape. we should also call on government sites which require > > proprietary browsers to access their content. > > Interesting. I also wrote a critique on another mailing list about the > Commission on Audit (COA) Electronic New Government Accounting System > (e-NGAS), which was written in VB6 (!) and requires Microsoft SQL > Server. Total cost of licenses would come to around PhP160,000. To be > fair, I should mention that another member of the list said that COA > was looking into a Fedora-based e-NGAS but "were having a hard time". > > Attention, Rep Teddy Casino's tech staff: regardless of the progress > of the FOSS bill, I suggest that you look into banning government > agencies from requiring specific software applications from accessing > their sites. Although maybe an Executive Order may do. _________________________________________________ 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
