The use of "my clients" is just an analogy (*analogy is defined as a comparison between two different things, in order to highlight some form of similarity), to stress a point..that CHOICE is better than an all-sweeping legislation to MANDATORILY use F/OSS within WHATEVER government agency.
My point is..it is not illegal to use M$...and it is not illegal to use F/OSS. My comments do not just concern some newspaper article ranting on F/OSS but on the idea of creating legislature to FORCE the use and implementation of open-source. Since the use of either technology platform is permissible, hence a CHOICE can be made. So F/OSS has advantages.I agree. I respect the F/OSS community and had never dissed on this type of technology. But so does proprietary SW not just those made by M$, but also by Oracle, IBM, and other big players and makers in the IT world. I and my fellow colleagues in the M$ Universe do not force ourselves on Gov't or "our clients" to choose M$, we recommend, PERIOD. If they (whoever "they" maybe) choose F/OSS, then tough luck for us M$ people and score 1 to F/OSS. [*source: Merriam Webster] _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of renlux Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 7:28 PM To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List Subject: Re: [plug] [OT] Calling out all media men and/or bloggers We're not talking about your clients... We're talking about the "government" of the Phlippines. I think you know the characteristics, good and bad, of our government. In my opinion, as far as the phillippine government is concern, mandating the use of FOSS in the government has a lot of advantage than being choice-oriented. I think those are already stated in the bill. On 03/12/06, John Galt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On the mandatory implementation of F/OSS within the Gov't, I am on the side of pro-choice. Same with my clients, I always promote and recommend M$....but also inform them of the alternative, F/OSS. Then I leave up to them to decide which technology platform to use. If my clients want M$, then good for me. JG -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marvin T. Pascual Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 2:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [plug] [OT] Calling out all media men and/or bloggers Importance: High Hello all, I can't stand it anymore. If you just read the postcript of Federico D. Pascual Jr. at http://www.philstar.com/philstar/NEWS200612032602.htm it is unfair to us advocates of the F/OSS that we don't have any press releases defending our advocacies. Maybe it's about time to have our own press releases. Anyone here connected to any press companies and/or having its own blog? Can you guys help us out defend and enlighten the people that adopting F/OSS is not an overall disadvantage to our government but a benefit to all of us? Thank you. _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists <http://linux.org.ph/lists> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph <http://archives.free.net.ph> _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
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