On 6/29/07, Joel Wiramu Pauling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > My question is why is there not more active participation at a policy > > level from advocacy groups here? I am new to Singapore, but am fairly > > versed in how the country runs. Decisions such as supporting vendor > > specific > > implementations should be a public open process. Has anyone on this list > > or involved with the OSS community in SG ever tried submitting open > > letters etc. I would be very interested to hear experiences. > > Harish has , on many occasions , voiced out about this issue on the > Straits Times Forum. > > http://ooonewsletter.blogspot.com/2006/04/opendocument-format-benefits.html > > This is one link I could find from google .. I am sure there are more. > My query is more on a 'organised professional' entity level, rather than the single voice level. I.e In New Zealand the Open Source Society has successfully defeated Microsoft patent application for ODOC, and has informed policy wording on a number of occasions. Normally with backing from other community groups (such as Lugs, and Businesses which use FOSS) I am just curious if there are NPO's in sing doing the same. Does Singapore have a Digital Strategy Document, NZ government made one a couple of years ago, and while not going so far as to define file formats, make a number of mandates about accessibility and future compatibility. Both for Internal and External government agency practice. I was somewhat involved in parts of this so am curious what (if anything) Singapore has done.
Harish is in fact part of some of these organisations. Some links and threads: http://www.lugs.org.sg/pipermail/slugnet/2007-February/017106.htmland http://www.lugs.org.sg/pipermail/slugnet/2007-June/017833.html And, back in Nov (?), a group met with the the second Minister of Information, Communication and the Arts, and a senior director of the IDA. http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMeetings
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