Hey Paolo,
arcusit.ph Linux, IBM, Microsoft etc etc.. Dan On May 2, 2012, at 12:53 PM, Paolo Falcone wrote: > As long as the solution is hosted on Philippine soil, it gives DOST > the leverage to wring necks when shit hits the fan. I can imagine MS > giving in to a local partner who would request to have a private > install of Office 365 on government servers in the Philippines, same > also with the other competitors in this space like Oracle, IBM, EMC > and the like. > > I don't see Google establishing data centers for Philippine government > contracts just yet. Nor do I see them willing to sell Google Apps in > an appliance like the Google Search Appliance pizza box. If that > happens though... kudos to them and their tech partners. Government > contracts are lucrative. > > It would've been nice if there are local providers willing to fork the > time, money, manpower and like for things like HIPAA, BS 7799/ISO > 27001 using a free software stack or hybrid solutions employing FOSS > and proprietary technologies, but they should have existed years ago > and not just today. Integration and development do take time and > expertise and not just going preachy on FOSS. > > Paolo > > On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Rogelio Serrano > <[email protected]> wrote: >> its microsoft. i can expect nothing else from our government... >> >> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 4:02 AM, Robert Locke <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I see your article and raise you: >>> >>> http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/01/google-wins-35-million-u-s-government-contract-over-microsoft/ >>> >>> ;-) >>> >>> Rob >>> >>> >>> On 05 2, 12, at 1:24 AM, fooler mail wrote: >>> >>> http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/productivity_apps/232300539 >>> >>> fooler. >>> >>> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 1:10 AM, Danny Ching <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Google? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On May 2, 2012, at 1:03 AM, Zak Elep <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 9:59 PM, Danny Ching <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Anyone familiar with this? Are they using Open Source? Or did the MS lobby >>> >>> win out again? >>> >>> >>> http://technology.inquirer.net/10555/govt-to-set-up-private-cloud-of-servers-to-host-e-mail-ict-services >>> >>> >>> I have a feeling it is the cloud service we all love to use ;) >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Zak B. Elep || zakame.net >>> >>> 1486 7957 454D E529 E4F1 F75E 5787 B1FD FA53 851D >>> >>> _________________________________________________ >>> >>> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >>> >>> http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >>> >>> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >>> >>> _________________________________________________ >>> >>> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >>> >>> http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >>> >>> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >>> >>> _________________________________________________ >>> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >>> http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >>> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >>> >>> >>> >>> _________________________________________________ >>> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >>> http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >>> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >> >> >> >> -- >> quarq consulting: agile, open source >> _________________________________________________ >> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >> http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
