On 5/17/07, Cocoy Dayao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
why? isn't the whole premise of open source... community building? the linux kernel never asked for government funding. corporations supported it when it started to be useful for them. in my humble opinion, the key to a successful open source project has always been the community. if a particular community needs something done... they create the project. money will come on its own.
Its not sustainable in the long term. Are there companies who can build a road network all over Philippines? Thats how I see software. Thats the UN policy too. Basic infrastructure. You build roads so people buy cars. You provide free software so people buy computers. And since we actually have the power to create a computer with unencumbered technology we might as well standardise on those technologies. Forget it. Thats not going to happen in the Philippines in my lifetime. I think im better off somewhere else. _________________________________________________ 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
