On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 09:29:47AM +0800, thad lozada wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Aug 2001 08:56:41 +0800
> "Marvin T. Pascual" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > BTW, FYI large taxpayers are companies like Protor & Gamble, Intel, SMB,
> > National Bookstore, etc.
> >
FYI, San Miguel Corporation is one of our clients, and heck, they use
Linux in their internal networks too. I remember Randy Ong telling me
about a number of ancient Red Hat 4.1 boxes which are still chugging
away in their internal network....
>
> Anyway they are large tax payers they can afford to pay. It should
> be the national and the local goverment that should use Linux and
> other open-source rather than spending money for the gnomes of
> Redmond. It will help a lot in trimming the budget deficit. Is BIR
> using Linux, if it is just imagine the savings!
>
And in related news, some Latin American nations are already beginning
to pass legislation that mandates that they use Free Software unless
proprietary software is the only feasible option. Europe also is
attempting to break that cycle. Italian legislators warned that
continued use of proprietary software was leading to "the computer
science subjection of the Italian state to Microsoft." More here:
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6996393.html?tag=tp_pr
Are we going to follow suit, or continue being slaves of the Empire at
Redmond? The Source will be with us, always! :)
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