> 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.
Actually, it's not only the softwares' issue. There are many branches of
political issues out there.
> 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.
I agree to that Ian! = )
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