On Thu, 30 Aug 2001, Marvin T. Pascual wrote:
> Guys,
>
> Comment on this:
>
> My officemate who is a Systems Auditor for the Large Taxpayers told me
> yesterday that since she was appointed as one of the Systems Auditor for the
> Large Taxpayers, she wasn't able to encounter companies uses Linux and other
> Open Source Softwares. For the OS, most companies uses Sun Solaris, second
> is HP/UX and lastly Windows NT. For the database part, mostly uses Oracle
> and MS SQL Server.
>
> BTW, FYI large taxpayers are companies like Protor & Gamble, Intel, SMB,
> National Bookstore, etc.
>
> What do you think?
This really doesn't strike me as a big issue. If they have money to
burn, let them burn it, after all, it's their money.
What does strike me as a big issue is TAX MONEY SPENDERS like the
government WASTING TAX MONEY on branded hardware AND proprietary
commercial software, when cheaper and open source /non proprietary
solutions exist. This money is yours and mine, and should be spent
wisely. And spending X-millions of pesos on buying something like MS
Office is most definitely a waste of taxpayers money.
If there were an 'checkbox' item in the ITR form denoting where i'd like
the money i pay spent, it definitely won't be for funding misguided
government MIS managers still pushing for proprietary software.
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