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Thursday, December 8, 2005 |
Erwin's StarOffice Tango - Open Source Law in Venezuela.
"The stuff that is happening with "Software Libre" in Venezuela is really mind-boggling. In January the Venezuelan open source law goes into effect, mandating a two year transition to open source in all public agencies. This massive undertaking will involve the training of hundreds of thousands of government employees and migrating of the software that runs not only their public agencies, but also their oil industry (which accounts for 70% of the country's economy and is one of the largest business enterprise in Latin America). They are talking about a huge country-wide move to open source that dwarfs anything I've heard about anywhere else."
This is sad and funny at the same time. These guys think that because something is a law it will become a "reality". That's what happens to anyone that tries to opine about Venezuela without living here. Let me tell you about the reality of Venezuela. The so-called red-light is merely a suggestion here, it gives a slight priority to the guy with the green-light. Do you think that a country that can't managed obvious social things like traffic lights, a country were the smallest projects are mismanaged (both in the private and public sectors) until they become white elefants that no one understands, will be able to change its software to open source? Dream on! The reason Microsoft doesn't pay any attention to this is because they know it will get nowhere...
Posted by Alfredo at 8:31:11 PM 
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Lots of things going on...
The Devil's Excrement is a blog dear and close to my heart. First, because I was sort of the inspiration for it's author to start bloging. Second, because I think it is very courageous to tackle on Venezuela's situation in todays political climate. I am very proud to see a lot of things happening around the blog this week. Let's start with the fact that it has been digged:rigging a presidential election .... and then publish the voting data. This is the software that was distributed showing who voted for who in the RIGGED Venezuelan election. This is being used by the government to fire workers that voted against the government.
Digg for the hope of giving visibility to what is happenning in Venezuela !!!!!!!!!! [digg]
Though reading the stupidity of some comments, without research or thought makes one think that people receive standar emails saying how they should respond to criticism of Chavez. Actually, I know for a fact that this is true...
Then, yesterday, he was interviewed on a radio station in boston:
Bloggers tonight on Open Source.
So tonight at 7 PM EST (I think) you will get to hear me and Daniel Duquenal
follow the Venezuelan Ambassador to the US and Prof. Daniel Hellinger
discuss Venezuelan politics. Not many of you will see this or be able
to tune in, but I thought I would keep you posted.
I undersatnd you can listen to it here.
[The Devil's Excrement] I think he did great, but you can listen for yourself somewhere I've been told.
Finally, an example of the kind of content I like from him The caring revolution part II.
The Minister of Science and Technology decided (needs password) that personnel at all of the institutions that are part of it should receive a bonus of 35% of six months salary for the following (also needs password, I can't get in) employees: administrative, ranking and "high level", the "high level" will receive an additional bonuses of 100% of six months, which applies in the case of IVIC to the Director and Vice-Director on top of the 35% already described. Additionally, the members of the Board of IVIC will receive Bs. 180,000 or roughly half a minimum monthly salary for each weekly meeting they attend.(This includews the two gusy who got the 135% too)
What about the "obreros", the laborers who drive, clean, garden, do maintanance, carpentry, plumbing and the like at IVIC? Well, in the caring revolution, they get nothing, zilch, zero, no bonus as the new and encroached Bolivarian oligarchy can only think of themselves. Whatever happened to distributing the wealth in the revolution?
[The Devil's Excrement]
See? Chavistas won't answer to this with anything but nonsense drivel. The workers, the poorest ones, the ones striving to make ends meet, receive NOTHING from the government. How can you keep defending a corrupt system that permits this kind of injustices? If you admire someone like Che Guevara you should be outraged that this is permitted. Nevertheless, is the rule here, in Cuba, in China...
Yep, I am proud to be his brother...
Posted by Alfredo at 12:13:12 PM Google It!
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