o-----------ooO--(- Important Message -)--Ooo------------o | | | SAVE BANDWITH, SPACE, TIME & MONEY, REPLY WITH PRUDENCE.| | | o----=[ Penguin @ My - Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ]=----o This message is sent to you from Linux Today (http://linuxtoday.com) ---------------------------------- Hasbullah Pit, [EMAIL PROTECTED] has requested that we send you this article. You can find this story online at: http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2000-05-15-001-04-OS-CY Hasbullah Pit adds: The Thalassaemia project by our neighbour group (my-Opensource) Hasbullah Pit ---------------------------------- My-OpenSource.org: A Malaysian Open Source True Story: E-Thalassaemia [ Thanks to Beh for this link. ] "A group of computer geeks using freely distributable software and communicating via the Internet puts together an e-community system on a shoe-string budget. Sounds familiar? It should - its a model becoming familiar to a worldwide community of Open Source software users and advocates. Using the tools of the Free Software/Open Source community, The Malaysian Open Source Group has assembled for The Thalassaemia Association of Malaysia an online social community for Thalassaemia sufferers and their families. At a minimal financial cost I must add." "It serves as a clear demonstration of the viability of building a complete e-community based on Open Source software and the Internet as a tool of communication and congregation...." "Using open source, a group of people, with some IT skills and very little financial resources, set up an e-community and Internet presence for a voluntary and charity organisation with the aim that ultimately the volunteers from the organisation will take over the running of the e-community." said Nah. "It is all about ICT empowering the people with the aid of open source. ICT for the people by the people! :)" Complete Story Related Stories: In.Tech (Malaysia): Gaining ground in academic circles(Dec 14, 1999) In.Tech (Malaysia): Developing a pool of skills(Dec 14, 1999) In.Tech (Malaysia): It Makes Good Business Sense(Dec 14, 1999) In.Tech (Malaysia): All Bark, and Bite Too(Dec 14, 1999) In.Tech (Malaysia): The Penguin Soars(Dec 14, 1999) (Malaysia): 700,000 Line Ada Project on Linux Completed(Dec 06, 1999) MSCTimes (Malaysia): This Linux Thing(Oct 21, 1999) MSCTimes (Malaysia): Linux gaining popularity, says distributor(Oct 14, 1999) MSC Times (Malaysia): Internet Startup Forces Microsoft Into Hasty Retreat(Oct 04, 1999) TheStar.com (Malaysia): The new software economy(Jun 01, 1999) My-opensource.org (Malaysia): My-OpenSource Booth Event Report for INFOSOC EXPO 99(May 31, 1999) http://www.my-opensource.org/Articles/Article_tam.html (The sender's internet address was 202.188.88.84 - Disclaimer : http://users.my-linux.org/disclaimer.html
