Hi, Rage! =) On 9/15/06, Rage Callao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The government is the caretaker of public data/information. Its not just about putting information online for everyone to see. Its also about storing it in some way that can easily be retrieved. Without any standard, that public information that government holds in behalf of the citizens of this state is constantly at risk of becoming inaccessible or impermanent.
Hence a bill that is focused on encouraging the use of open standards, _that is separate from FOSS issues_ would seem to be more convenient.
Quoting http://www.opensource.org/docs/peru_and_ms.php "For software to be acceptable for the state it is not enough that it is technically capable of fulfilling a task, but that further the contractual conditions must satisfy a series of requirements regarding the license, without which the State cannot guarantee the citizen adequate processing of his data, watching over its integrity, confidentiality, and accessibility throughout time, as these are very critical aspects for its normal functioning."
Problem is, it is the State itself that we have no guarantee whatsoever if it is functioning normally (unless, of course, if you define acquisition of unexplained wealth as normal...) Also, take note that the claim above unsurprisingly holds true for proprietary softwares which also undergo the strict(?) assessment a government undertakes to gauge its capacity to satisfy requirements. Cheers, Zakame -- Zak B. Elep || http://zakame.spunge.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] || [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1486 7957 454D E529 E4F1 F75E 5787 B1FD FA53 851D _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List plug@lists.linux.org.ph (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
