Re: [plug] open source bill

2006-07-14 Thread Paolo Alexis Falcone
On Sat, 2006-07-15 at 01:22 +0800, Dean Michael Berris wrote: > On 7/15/06, Paolo Alexis Falcone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 2006-07-12 at 23:20 +0800, Dean Michael Berris wrote: > > > > > > There was discussion on the use of "Free Software" which is a very > > > misleading term usually

Re: [plug] open source bill

2006-07-14 Thread Rage Callao
On 7/15/06, Dean Michael Berris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This is precisly why I think making a bill that will require government to use only open source software is a big hindrance to _measurable_ productivity and progress. Wrong. There are many projects going on that are progressing at a rap

Re: [plug] Re: pi-el-di-ti blocking access to a website?

2006-07-14 Thread Ariz Jacinto
or you can use an online tool to look up for theIP address of the site and use it for access (ifthat's really the case).On 7/14/06, Kelsey Hartigan Go <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: sometimes it's not intentional blocking. just a faulty dns. try aother dns server, it might just work __

[plug] Re: pi-el-di-ti blocking access to a website?

2006-07-14 Thread Kelsey Hartigan Go
sometimes it's not intentional blocking. just a faulty dns. try a other dns server, it might just work On 7/14/06, ES DC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello, I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this but here goes. Who do I call to report pi-el-di-ti blocking off access to one particular

Re: [plug] open source bill

2006-07-14 Thread Rogelio Serrano
On 7/15/06, Dean Michael Berris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 7/15/06, manny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Souce available" doesn't necessarily mean that the source caa be > modified and that the resulting compiled binary can be redeployed. > Therefore, "source available" software does not nece

Re: [plug] open source bill

2006-07-14 Thread Rogelio Serrano
On 7/15/06, manny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Dean Michael Berris wrote: > At any rate, I don't see still why government should only use free > software still when proprietary "source available" _locally developed_ > software does the job as well if not better than open sourc

Re: [plug] open source bill

2006-07-14 Thread Dean Michael Berris
On 7/15/06, Paolo Alexis Falcone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, 2006-07-12 at 23:20 +0800, Dean Michael Berris wrote: > > There was discussion on the use of "Free Software" which is a very > misleading term usually connotated to software under the GNU GPL. I > for one am just being cautious a

Re: [plug] open source bill

2006-07-14 Thread Dean Michael Berris
On 7/15/06, manny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "Souce available" doesn't necessarily mean that the source caa be modified and that the resulting compiled binary can be redeployed. Therefore, "source available" software does not necessarily "do the job" as well as open source software. It lacks one

Re: [plug] open source bill

2006-07-14 Thread Paolo Alexis Falcone
On Wed, 2006-07-12 at 23:20 +0800, Dean Michael Berris wrote: > On 11 Jul 2006 22:45:48 +0100, Ciaran O'Riordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > "Andre John Cruz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > which is exactly Dean's point. it's stupid to make it a requirement to use > > > *ONLY* GPL > > > >

Re: [plug] open source bill

2006-07-14 Thread manny
On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Dean Michael Berris wrote: At any rate, I don't see still why government should only use free software still when proprietary "source available" _locally developed_ software does the job as well if not better than open source software. "Souce available" doesn't necessarily

[plug] pi-el-di-ti blocking access to a website?

2006-07-14 Thread ES DC
Hello,I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this but here goes.Who do I call to report pi-el-di-ti blocking off access to one particular website? 3 of my pi-el-di-ti-di-es-el connected offices cannot access it. And here at home if I don't use a proxy, I won't be able to access it.Right now

Re: [plug] accessing LAN station from the internet

2006-07-14 Thread Richard Jason R. Raquepo
try hamachi - http://www.hamachi.cc hth, Richard Jacques wrote: scenario: box 1: (mybox.org) // accessible from the internet 1 static PUBLIC IP address (eth0) 1 local ip address (eth1) running centos 4 mail server (postfix/dovecot) web server (apache) shorewall / iptables