Re: [osdcmy] Something to be proud of - Facebook bought Malaysian talent

2012-08-15 Terurut Topik Boh Yap
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 RD facility. They developed a microkernel

Re: [osdcmy] Something to be proud of - Facebook bought Malaysian talent

2012-08-15 Terurut Topik rafe azsnal
Hahaha.. I so much agreed with all the comments above 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

Re: [osdcmy] Something to be proud of - Facebook bought Malaysian talent

2012-08-15 Terurut Topik E A Faisal
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

Re: [osdcmy] Something to be proud of - Facebook bought Malaysian talent

2012-08-15 Terurut Topik rafe azsnal
But then dude what about the 60k++ jobs that has been created? What about the IP that has been generated? The talents that has been created? And so much more +... MSC do have it benefit to the nation but also with it negative... I understand where you coming from cause I do ask the same question.

Re: [osdcmy] Something to be proud of - Facebook bought Malaysian talent

2012-08-15 Terurut Topik Boh Yap
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

Re: [osdcmy] Something to be proud of - Facebook bought Malaysian talent

2012-08-11 Terurut Topik sweemeng ng
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