Re: [ossig] vendors encouraged to go open source

[Imran William Smith <iwsmith@mimos.my>]

Let's face it, some money is wasted in every
commercial or Government entity, it's
our duty to try to minimize it.  First step
(something we all know about), reduce the amount
of proprietary software purchased by all parts
of the economy.


Imran



Tejinder Singh wrote:
> here here. I totally agree with that premise. why should my tax $ be utilized to fund a project that in all fairnss will fail, have significant cost overrun, etc. 
>
> Ir. Tejinder Singh
> Email:- tejinder@apiit.edu.my
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dinesh Nair [mailto:dinesh@alphaque.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 2:33 PM
> To: ossig@mncc.com.my
> Subject: Re: [ossig] vendors encouraged to go open source
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> On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Dr Molly Cheah wrote:
>
>
> > Program encourages vendors to go open source.
> > http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/03/17/HNostep_1.html
>
> let's go one step better: all projects funded by taxpayer funds (re: govt
> IT type projects) should be open sourced. especially so if it's custom
> developed software. anyone in government with the cojones to implement
> this ? :)
>
> Regards,                           /\_/\   "All dogs go to heaven."
> dinesh@alphaque.com                (0 0)    http://www.alphaque.com/
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Imran William Smith
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