Khamis, I pray that what you say is going to happen. <fingers crossed>.
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 9:00 AM, Khamis Siksek <[email protected]>wrote: > Salam all, > > This is great for all of us that Jordanian government has started to > realize the open source importance and impact, regarding what you are > talking about Faisal, give them a chance, many people said that Jordanian > government will never move to open source due to Microsoft agreements and > strategic relationship and after all they did, maybe what you are afraid of > will change in the near future when they realize and understand open source > more and more. > > Regards, > > > On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 11:53 PM, Al-Faisal El-Dajani < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I wouldn't be too quick to cheer our govt as insightful or even well >> informed. They may have said no for closed source software, but the closed >> source mentality still lingers. The new publications, e-commerce, and cyber >> crime laws are seriously more dangerous to creativity and free-thought than >> M$ ever was. >> >> Give us M$ products back and revoke those laws. At least, M$ is something >> we can fight against. If those laws, they are here to stay, and may god help >> us all. >> >> On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 4:50 PM, Ahmed Hourani >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Interesting, some news you do not hear everyday. >>> >>> 2010/1/13 Issa Mahasneh <[email protected]> >>> >>>> Hi! >>>> >>>> Good news from our govt and Ministry of ICT. After they refused to >>>> renew the agreement >>>> <http://jordanopensource.org/blog/minister-said-no>between Microsoft and >>>> declared they do not need any new software from >>>> Microsoft, especially Windows 7, a new agreement "to more open source >>>> adoption" has been made public today. >>>> >>>> The agreement is between the Ministry and Ingres, one open source DBMS >>>> companies with more than 10000 customers worldwide. Ingres will train >>>> employees and offer open source software to public administration. They >>>> will >>>> also open an open source lab in one of the major universities. >>>> >>>> The ministry will promote open source adoption in all the government >>>> departments and will take open source software into consideration in any >>>> future software purchase. >>>> >>>> More: >>>> http://jordanopensource.org/article/jordan-become-open-source-hub-middle-east >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> ### Jordan Linux Users Group ### >>>> http://Jolug.org/ >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/Jolug >>>> >>>> ### Ubuntu Jordan LoCo Team ### >>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JordanTeam >>>> http://lists.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-jo >>>> >>>> ### Ojuba Linux ### >>>> http://ojuba.org/ >>>> >>>> ### Jordan PHP ### >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/JoPHP >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ### Jordan Linux Users Group ### >>> http://Jolug.org/ >>> http://groups.google.com/group/Jolug >>> >>> ### Ubuntu Jordan LoCo Team ### >>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JordanTeam >>> http://lists.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-jo >>> >>> ### Ojuba Linux ### >>> http://ojuba.org/ >>> >>> ### Jordan PHP ### >>> http://groups.google.com/group/JoPHP >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Al-Faisal El-Dajani >> 10/6 >> >> -- >> ### Jordan Linux Users Group ### >> http://Jolug.org/ >> http://groups.google.com/group/Jolug >> >> ### Ubuntu Jordan LoCo Team ### >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JordanTeam >> http://lists.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-jo >> >> ### Ojuba Linux ### >> http://ojuba.org/ >> >> ### Jordan PHP ### >> http://groups.google.com/group/JoPHP >> > > > > -- > > Khamis Siksek > http://saksoook.blogspot.com > > -- > ### Jordan Linux Users Group ### > http://Jolug.org/ > http://groups.google.com/group/Jolug > > ### Ubuntu Jordan LoCo Team ### > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JordanTeam > http://lists.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-jo > > ### Ojuba Linux ### > http://ojuba.org/ > > ### Jordan PHP ### > http://groups.google.com/group/JoPHP > -- Al-Faisal El-Dajani 10/6
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