Faisal, true, most techies will agree with you, me included.
But MSC's Vision WAS about technology, to capitalise on the fact that we are one of the largest exporters of 'assembled' semi-condutor chips! (we don't manufacture semicon, and till now we don't have a proper foundry, I don't know what the one in Sarawak is doing but it has faded from the news...) And to leverage the growth of IT, but somehow along the way, it got hijacked. A vision, even one that is suppose to make us world-class in the K-economy, don't stand a chance against making a few quick bucks! So does that mean, we can't/don't have a vision, or see the importance of one; and/or it will always get hijacked anyway.... ;- ( On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 8:11 PM, E A Faisal <eafai...@gmail.com> wrote: > My view on MSC: it has never been about technology. It's more of a real > estate project, something that helps to boost property industry, though > short-lived. Sad but true. > > On Aug 15, 2012 6:08 PM, "Boh Yap" <bhy...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> MSC has been around close to 2 decades, and while we are still playing >> around as bureaucrats lets compare what other 'MSCs' are doing.... >> >> NICTA- National ICT Australia, started in 2002, officially opened in 2004. >> >> One of their 'subsidiaries' is ERTOS, a R&D facility. They developed a >> microkernel OS, >> based on L4, a second generation microkernel architecture, with some >> relation to GNU's HURD project... >> >> On this they built a "secure", "verifiable" embedded OS, >> >> (see the cool stuff they work on... http://ertos.nicta.com.au/software/) >> >> ERTOS spun off Open Kernel Labs (became a commercial entity), and has >> another L4 uKernel OS called OKL4, which can be used as a hypervisor >> for virtualisation or run standalone as a embedded OS. Already >> licensed by Motorola and Qualcomm (a manf. of chips used in mobile >> phones) on millions of phones! >> >> """ >> OKL4 has been deployed on over 300 million devices, mostly mobile >> phones, both as a baseband operating system and for hosting guest >> operating systems. Most notable and visible is the company's design >> win at Motorola for the Evoke QA4 messaging phone, the first phone >> which employs virtualization to support two concurrent operating >> systems (Linux and BREW) on a single processor core. >> >> OK Labs and OKL4 are the result of collaboration among academia, >> business, and open-source development. >> """ >> >> They also ported Android onto the L4 microkernel... >> >> http://www.ertos.nicta.com.au/software/androidokl4/ >> >> Done my a student as a undergrd thesis! See, their Comp Sc students do >> real suff, >> not study to pass a MS or CisCO cert!? >> >> Now, that's doing real technology! >> >> And look at the ppl leading the organisation: (definitely not >> bureaucrats!) >> http://www.nicta.com.au/about/management (count the PHd's there...) >> >> And they don't need no stinking NCPB! >> >> >> On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 6:47 AM, sweemeng ng <swees...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Don't forget the recent evidence act, and a proposal to amend the >> > multimedia >> > act. >> > >> > I think they are scaring away investor for the IT sector! Especially the >> > way >> > certain minister talk >> > >> > >> > On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 9:40 PM, Boh Yap <bhy...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> question? >> >> >> >> do those who are supposed to lead/guide us in Technology, really >> >> understand/promote technology, or they are more like bureaucrats? >> >> >> >> answer: >> >> >> >> they seem to be spending more effort in bureaucracy, than on >> >> technology.. re: the NCPB. >> >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 11:02 AM, red1 <r...@red1.org> wrote: >> >> > Question is does MOSTI or <name of agencies withheld> know this? The >> >> > best >> >> > web-scrapers (not that i know what it means) in the world were living >> >> > in >> >> > Malaysia and Facebook spotted them and bought them as the 3rd FB >> >> > aquisition. >> >> > >> >> > This explains our index rankings of late. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > On 8/10/12 10:22 AM, Azrul MADISA wrote: >> >> > >> >> > This is 2010? >> >> > >> >> > On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 10:15 AM, red1 <r...@red1.org> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> That Facebook bought a Malaysian startup in 2010 just to get those >> >> >> brains >> >> >> in that company? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/19/octazen-what-the-heck-did-facebook-just-buy-exactly-and-why/ >> >> >> >> >> >> This makes me so proud. >> >> >> >> >> >> red1 >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > To unsubscribe from and detail about this group >> >> > http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information >> >> > >> >> > OSDC.my Discussion Group In Facebook >> >> > http://www.facebook.com/groups/osdcmalaysia/ >> >> > >> >> > Malaysia Open Source Conference 2012 >> >> > MOSC2012 http://portal.mosc.my/ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> #------- >> >> regds, >> >> >> >> Boh Heong, Yap >> >> >> >> -- >> >> To unsubscribe from and detail about this group >> >> http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information >> >> >> >> OSDC.my Discussion Group In Facebook >> >> http://www.facebook.com/groups/osdcmalaysia/ >> >> >> >> Malaysia Open Source Conference 2012 >> >> MOSC2012 http://portal.mosc.my/ >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Just a random living organic computer code generator >> > >> > -- >> > To unsubscribe from and detail about this group >> > http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information >> > >> > OSDC.my Discussion Group In Facebook >> > http://www.facebook.com/groups/osdcmalaysia/ >> > >> > Malaysia Open Source Conference 2012 >> > MOSC2012 http://portal.mosc.my/ >> >> >> >> -- >> #------- >> regds, >> >> Boh Heong, Yap >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe from and detail about this group >> http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information >> >> OSDC.my Discussion Group In Facebook >> http://www.facebook.com/groups/osdcmalaysia/ >> >> Malaysia Open Source Conference 2012 >> MOSC2012 http://portal.mosc.my/ > > -- > To unsubscribe from and detail about this group > http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information > > OSDC.my Discussion Group In Facebook > http://www.facebook.com/groups/osdcmalaysia/ > > Malaysia Open Source Conference 2012 > MOSC2012 http://portal.mosc.my/ -- #------- regds, Boh Heong, Yap -- To unsubscribe from and detail about this group http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information OSDC.my Discussion Group In Facebook http://www.facebook.com/groups/osdcmalaysia/ Malaysia Open Source Conference 2012 MOSC2012 http://portal.mosc.my/
