The bill could could be much more effective if its a sort of a generic bill. Instead of requiring FOSS require open standards. It is easy for proprietary company to issue a rebuttal since the bill has already clearly drawn a demarcation line in which lobby-wise, machinery-wise and financially FOSS can't keep up.
Just require RFPs to -contain no brand names -no specific certification -source code available for scrutiny -interoperates with other platforms -open formats -bug fixes can be introduced by a third party -API available and well documented with examples -etc. Even we say that forcing a choice is a choice itself, it is hard to accept or to justify it than describing a choice. _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
