On Fri, 15 Sep 2006, Dean Michael Berris wrote:
Then the publishing process has to be changed -- or the format. That doesn't mean the government should not use MS Office 2003, but it should publish the information in a format that's universally recognized as an open standard format.
Uh yeah, use an open standard and then make the dumb decision to waste money on a proprietary reader when a free solution is available.
The government should not waste money. Aside from technical considerations, there is the issue of responsible stewardship of public money. Enforcing a default FOSS policy will save money. Simply "promoting" FOSS is toothless and will allow the status quo to continue.
Of course, some companies would like that to happen. But we don't. God bless! _________________________________________________ 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
