On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 2:36 AM, Slaya Chronicles - Geeko Acolyte < [email protected]> wrote:
> It really means nothing. > > It really takes talent in making up so much words but say absolutely > nothing we all did not know already. > > Eric I totally agree. It's a very political statement. They won't take any sides until there's a clear favorite. It's disappointing, and even a little insulting, to people who care a great deal about certain issues, but it's what politicians do. -- *Ghodmode* http://www.ghodmode.com/blog > On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 2:29 AM, Harisfazillah Jamel < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Team, >> >> One of the MOSTI respond >> >> >> http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/breakingviews/article/mostis-response-to-ditesh-gathani/ >> >> >> Malaysia’s stand and position at the International ISO Standard >> Committee on Open Source Technology: >> >> On November 21, 2006, the former minister of science, technology and >> innovation announced that the government was adopting a neutral >> technology platform policy that does not favour either open source >> software (OSS) or proprietary software, and that government >> procurement policy is now based on merit and not on platform choice. >> This position does not void Mampu's open source software and MOSTI >> believes that it is important to support both the proprietary and >> open-source development model in procurement practices because both >> are sources of innovation that the government has an interest in >> encouraging. The government has large varieties of IT systems, each of >> which is tailored to the needs of individual departments. These >> departments need to communicate, and this is facilitated, to a certain >> extent, by the use of open interoperability protocols and common, open >> data formats. Thus, the right solution is to make no preference with >> respect to open-source or proprietary software, instead, favouring >> open protocols and data formats. In fact, the suggestion by the author >> for the government to intervene and favour one versus the other is in >> itself contradicting the author’s own comments to let the software >> ecosystem be as it is and compete on their own. >> >> >> >> -- >> Malaysia Open Source Software Conference 2011 >> MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 >> >> http://www.mosc.my/ >> >> LinuxMalaysia Network >> http://www.facebook.com/Bukan.Sekadar.Internet.Sahaja >> >> Harisfazillah Jamel >> > -- 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/
