Brian, A lot of the stuff are plucked from kaeru's figures...maybe it's time to ask how he arrived at those numbers.
Eric On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 1:35 PM, BRIAN RITCHIE <esqbrianritc...@gmail.com>wrote: > Azrul, > > Great point raised in the last paragraph about more relevant studies. Do > we have a detailed before and after statistic on this out of curiosity ? > > > On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Azrul Hasni MADISA > <azrulha...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> I promise myself not to bitch too much but this is such a troll bait, I >> have to bite. >> >> Disclaimer: I'm not trying to belittle OSCC here, it's just that I believe >> that claims must be backed by facts, not just some numbers plucked from the >> air (maybe the facts are there that I just couldn't find it, if so, please >> point me to the right direction). >> >> My beef is this, how the heck do you get 70% from? just because a wannabe >> geek inside a gov. office uses OOo suddenly the whole office is counted as >> "adopting open source"? What about mixed environment, how do you count that? >> What's the methodology? What about running OOo on Windows? is that >> opensource or not? >> >> Things like these are important because it helps us to focus on what is >> needed. I mean, FOSS (OSS/FLOSS/whatever) is supposed to be winning and yet >> MS is laughing all the way to the bank with our tax money, what gives? The >> next guy shouting "cybermerdeka!" would be laughed at and yet the gov still >> kow-tow to Balmer like he's some enlighten being or something. >> >> Didn't someone say that the greatest achievement of the devil is to >> convince the world he does not exist... not necessarily true, but... >> >> Note: a more relevant study would show how much licenses purchased say >> last year compared to this year and how much we actually spend and how much >> saving is done. I guess those numbers are just too depressing to be >> released. >> Azrul >> >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:54 AM, red1 <r...@red1.org> wrote: >> >>> Better bitch about our own country then pitch for the world. :) >>> >>> The world is taking notice of us > http://www.opensource.org/node/489 >>> >>> Open Source Progress in Malaysia >>> Thu, 2009-11-05 07:57 — Michael Tiemann >>> >>> Here are some stunning facts that were published at the end of July in >>> Malaysia <http://www.asmmag.com/news/open-source-dominates-in-malaysia>: >>> >>> More than 70 percent of Malaysian government offices are running open >>> source software, according to figures released by the country's Open Source >>> Competency Centre. >>> >>> The centre was established as part of the 2004 Malaysian Public Sector >>> OSS Master Plan, to guide and co-ordinate the implementation of OSS in the >>> public sector. >>> >>> The latest OSS adoption figures, released on 24 July, show that 521 of >>> the country's 724 public sector agencies (72 per cent) have adopted OSS. >>> This is a significant increase from 354 agencies (49 percent) in 2008 and >>> 163 (22.5 per cent) in 2007. >>> >>> Malaysia is certainly raising the bar in terms of open source adoption >>> and leadership! >>> >>> - Michael Tiemann's blog <http://www.opensource.org/blog/8> >>> - >>> Login<http://www.opensource.org/user/login?destination=comment/reply/489%2523comment-form>or >>> >>> register<http://www.opensource.org/user/register?destination=comment/reply/489%2523comment-form>to >>> post comments >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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<osdcmy-list%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/osdcmy-list?hl=en >> >> >> -- >> 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<osdcmy-list%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/osdcmy-list?hl=en >> > > -- > 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<osdcmy-list%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/osdcmy-list?hl=en > -- 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. 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