On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 11:08:31 +0800, Ian Dexter R. Marquez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, there is one. It's a project spearheaded by developers in > the Commission on Audit[1]: they're developing applications in > accounting, payroll, inventory, etc. Only thing is: they're doing it > in VB using Microsoft SQL Server backend. I think they have plans to > migrate the backend to open source (MySQL maybe), but last time I > talked with one of them, that's still far off. Their reason: it's > easier to implement in MS SQL, with stored procedures and everything.
And they are "selling" it to government agencies. Heck, they won't even show the source to us in UP. They claim to be doing the Open Source equivalent but it won't be available until next year (but I really doubt this). And mind you, their system is NOT yet complete. -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
