I posted in CheDet.cc .. hope it gets into air today and placed as last (first from the top) for others to view:
"Tun, Allow me to refer to another of your important institution here. In a recent Perdana Leadership event in Sime Darby Convention Centre of industry leaders (please see <a href="http://www.perdana.org.my/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=234&Itemid=164";>Industry Insights Seminar 2009</a>, I quote: "In his speech, Dr. Mahathir mentioned the government needed to form targeted groups with access to data, knowledge and expertise to better understand the problems faced by the various sectors." We do have a 4 billion ringgit problem with the flight of software licenses to foreign proprietary vendors. It needs better understanding because there are complex issues such as servile market behaviour, wanton consumerism, severe absence of local expertise and more FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt). Yes, it does needs a target group. Wow! Doesn't it make you wonder how this 84 year old man seems to be thinking straight while the the whole admin is wanting? Is such a group formed for using FOSS (Free and Open Source Software)? If not, should not the government form one? Such a group like our visionary ex-PM said, is "to better understand the problems faced..." What is mean by forming? Asking for public volunteers or funding it? Has not the govt received taxpayers funds form the forced public already? What is then meant by funding the target focus group? Making it beg and fill in long unrelated forms which i find everytime i want to propose a new innovation? Does innovation needs business commercial justification in its infant stage? Is this doing things right or doing the right thing? The government by funding the new OSDC.my (Open Source Developers Club) directly to conduct roadshows and training of know-how on using free and open source alternatives will directly address this complex problem of proprietary licensing loss. Dr. M is known to break rules even world level IMF rules and world class economist like Paul Kruger has even accounted that he does unprecedented unproven things. Redhuan D. Oon <a href="http://padi-malaysia.blogspot.com/";>PendAtang Dengan Izin</a> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Join Open Source Developers Club Malaysia http://www.osdc.my/ Facebook Fan page http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=98685301577 http://www.facebook.com/OSDC.my You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OSDC.my Mailing List" group. To post to this group, send email to osdcmy-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to osdcmy-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/osdcmy-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
