On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 08:53:28 +0800, Ronald Allan B. Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > aracelipraiz wrote: > > According to the article, the President of India was a > > former scientist, head of India's defense R&D, and "architect" > > of its guided missile program; and that he met Stallman > > during Stallman's visit to India in January 2004. > > > > In contrast, if I understand correctly, the Philippine president's > > position is more hands-off, "I cannot or do not want to dictate or > > advocate or control", no? Another case of too much "democracy" in > > Philippines, not enough leadership/vision/political will? > > I'm not really a fan of GMA, but I think it's quite understandable > that she'd take a hands-off approach to it. > > She's an economist, as compared to the President of India who apparently > is a technical person.
(forwarding to plug-misc, this is not anymore tech related.) --- which is exactly what we need today. Less politicians, lawyers, wannabes in government, and more technocrats, engineers, and people who get the job done. The problem is there is too much "consultation" being done on how to get the job done that nothing really gets done. We have too much democracy. What we need is a benevolent leader like Malaysia's Mahatir or Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew. Look how prosperous their nations are, and hey look! Malaysia has asia's first government organized Open Source Competency Center. -- 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
