On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 11:26 AM, rafe azsnal <[email protected]> wrote:
> Today now I'm in a meeting with the internal team where he stated that the > global player of OSS does not see Malaysia as a potential OSS hub or > development area where compare to Singapore that is 10 times better than > Malaysian. This I personally feel where bitching is more than the actual > work. > > GOOD JOBS GUYS FOR MAKING MALAYSIA MALAYSIAN. where this remark is much my > fault where all of you were right... kan? > > Don't see the point of promoting it anymore any longer where domestic > community not even speaking the same lingo to each others. > > Congratulation people you have archive what you want... well done... > rafe > > > First of all, that statement was only that guys opinion. Who said it? Does he have any credibility? Second, the statement needs clarification. How is an "OSS hub or development area" defined? It may be true that there are no major OSS projects that originate from Malaysia, but the same could probably be said for Singapore. I don't think there isn't really any way to identify a country's contributions to OSS. If a group or individual makes wonderful contributions to an OSS project, 100% of the credit goes to the individual, not to his country. Now my opinion... I've lived in three different countries (US, Malaysia, New Zealand) and I can tell you from my own experience that Malaysians are as dedicated and enthusiastic as people in the other countries. We have a lot of talented developers active in the Open Source community. Another thing... Singapore is our neighbor. Our OSS community isn't competing with theirs... it's part of theirs. In fact, I can't see why OSS communities anywhere would compete. Winning contracts and impressing corporations isn't our business. Malaysia has been my home for nearly 7 years already. Believe me... there are *plenty* of things to complain about... but FLOSS participation and contribution isn't one of them. -- Ghodmode http://www.ghodmode.com/blog -- To unsubscribe from and detail about this group http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011
