Will the open source community send a position paper to the gov't (e.g., cict/ncc)?
All these ideas/exchanges of e-mails in the mailing list might just contribute to this nation's progress. Sammy -----Original Message----- From: Sarah Escandor-Tomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 3:17 PM To: Philippine Linux Users Group Mailing List Subject: Re: [plug] Open source and MS Kelsey Hartigan Go wrote: > On Mon, 30 Aug 2004, Paolo Alexis Falcone wrote: > > >>>enticing enough? Imagine one system used by all cities / >>>municipalities. Keep dreaming? >> >>It's enticing enough yes, but I doubt the demons in government would >>bite anything that wouldn't give them a fatter purse. Tough luck. > > > Not unless it's an executive order or order from DBM k > Well an EO would be good but it's not the only way for open-source to be prevalent in the government. Gov't agencies and, I think even, public colleges and universities are required to make an Information Systems Strategic Plan (ISSP) that spells the medium-term strategic use of ICT of that agency-- all ICT projects, software and hardware acquisition plans are stated here. This is submitted and approved by NCC which is then used by DBM for granting/releasing funds for any IT expenditure. So you see, if there is a way for OSS to be a part of this ISSP, then there are greater chances for OSS to be used by the government. The problem is, probably, most tech people in the government who are facilitating the IT planning are not knowledgeable on OSS, or even, other agencies don't have an IT person, they just rely on the nearest IT consultant who would of course recommend a proprietary solution (something that they would profit from). And besides, locally there are still a few IT companies offering open-source services/solutions, and if ever a gov't agency taps an external IT service, it is more likely that they would get one who would recommend M$ solutions/or develop applications with M$ back-end. So it's not entirely the gov't's fault really, our country is still just new and not ready for this.... there should be more OSS tech experts who should be within the reach of the gov't, or educate IT people in the gov't to be OSS tech experts, or produce IT graduates who are knowledgeable on OSS. I don't know maybe the local OSS experts in the country (who is this group?) can pledge a public support to the government (make our expertise visible and available for the government) at this time where we have a fiscal crisis, perhaps this can be a patriotic act-- contributing cost-saving solutions for the country. --sarah > > -- > 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 > > -- 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 -- 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
