Statement nowadays from the Putrajaya regime is more fluff than substance with a hint of them under the influence of some substance.
Eric On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Ghodmode <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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/ > -- 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/
