phew...50m.... even we have paperwork,proposal,manpower and all things,will they trust us?that job already taken by tricubes.and i cant thing one way to prevent this.we already have OSDC,but even OSDC is under gov sector (sorry if i mistake about this),already deploy so much FLOSS server inside gov sector,n they look like we doesnt exist.
maybe someone should poke "him"..... if i got that job,50m.....i will _____.:D On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Boh Yap <[email protected]> wrote: > hi, all you FLOSS guys out there, > > > http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/1-malaysia-email-provider-tricubes-at-risk-of-delisting/ > > the above article "Tricubes Bhd’s RM50 million contract to develop the > 1 Malaysia email service could be the financial lifeline of the > information technology firm which is at risk of being delisted..." > > The 1 Malaysia Mail Server is meant to provide secure email services > to Malaysians for their dealings with the government, and to counter > the fact that a lot of the free email accounts are hosted on servers > outside of Malaysia, and hence expose the data.... > > 50M to 'develop' a 'secure' email server for Malaysians to use?? > > And they are going to use MS technology to do it ??! > > <quote> > The Malaysia Insider understands that the 1 Malaysia email service > will be using software from Microsoft, the company that now owns the > free Hotmail account service that has been eclipsed by another free > email provider, Google Inc. > </quote> > > <quote> > The 1 Malaysia email service is part of Najib’s Economic > Transformation Programme (ETP) to achieve developed nation status by > 2020. He said today the RM50 million investment will have a gross > national income (GNI) impact of RM39 million up to 2015 and will > enhance delivery of public services. > </quote> > > Well, well, well..... something funny is going on. > There are perfectly good FLOSS email software, crypto tools etc... and > we (among OSDC) certainly have the manpower & skills to implement and > deploy such solutions. > > Even if a 'bunch of FLOSS' developers cannot do so immediately, giving > funding to the community will allow them to build the skills and > knowledge within 1 year, to do so; and have that knowledge shared and > benefiting a larger community rather than 1 single company! > > And can we do this with 1m, no problem! Even if you spend another 1-5m > for HW ( 1m will buy about 160 or 4 racks full of 1u servers, which > is enough to build a decent cloud...), and even if we DOUBLE all those > numbers, that figure won't go anywhere near 50m! > > A quick look at their website, <http://www.tricubes.com> shows they > are using IIS-6.0, not exactly a very secure option. A quick google > found this bit: > > http://cyberinsecure.com/microsoft-iis6-vulnerability-exposes-websites-sensitive-files-and-passwords/ > > <quote> > Microsoft IIS6 Vulnerability Exposes Website’s Sensitive Files And Passwords > > Security experts are urging administrators using Microsoft’s Internet > Information Services version 6 to exercise extreme care following the > discovery that the popular web server is vulnerable to a simple attack > that exposes password-protected files and folders. > ... > </quote> > > and they have a shopping cart running on the site, on IIS 6.0?, I hope not. > > > Would you trust your data with MS?? I won't. > > What do the rest of you guys say? > > > > > > > > IIS 6.0 > > > > -- > #------- > regds, > > Boh Heong, Yap > > -- > To unsubscribe from and detail about this group > http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information > > MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 and http://www.mosc.my/ > -- To unsubscribe from and detail about this group http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 and http://www.mosc.my/
