Re: [ossig] Govt ICT infrastructure

[Mukhsein Johari <pythonium@yahoo.com>]

> But then again, how did Taiwan become so big in
> semiconductors relatively quickly
> (wasn't TSMC only formed in 1987?)   Surely a
> software industry, which is much less
> capital intensive, could grow much faster than that,
> *if everything was done right*.
> 

There's the rub. In this environment it takes
political will to *do things right*. This is often at
odds with the *make most money* principle. Thing is,
there's nothing wrong with making money. It's just
that it needs to be balanced with top quality design
and implementation. This simply means you need to
accept making _less_ money than if you compromised
quality. Sadly, the movers and makers here often take
the latter route.

Hence, I've come to the conclusion that we in the FOSS
camp will need to "make our own road". Do it right
_despite_ the situation. For our own sakes.

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