[http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2009/03/ubuntu-usage-in-ampang-parliament-office.html]
Interview hints at a 'backdoor': introduce FOSS via opposition parties (who lacks the $$$ of the government and party in power). ===== Monday, 02 March 2009 Ubuntu usage in Ampang Parliament Office [Disclaimer: OMB is politically neutral and does not promote any particular political party nor alliances. We are however proponents of Openness in Technology and would love to highlight any efforts by any organisation which has the same vision] Thanks to SweeMeng, I found this blog entry by JomLinux, which featured a YouTube video of Mohd Fahmi walking through some machines he set up for the office of Ampang's Member of Parliament. What is interesting is that he is the Secretary for the MP and was given the mandate to fix up the IT systems of the office given a rather restrictive budget. [...] OMB: How did you get involved with Linux? Fahmi: I started to use Linux in 2006 to service the PCs at the Parti Keadilan Rakyat Headquarters (PKR - a Malaysian political party). In early 2006, I used to get attacked by viruses every month. I searched for an alternative and I found Linux. I tried Ubuntu, which was pretty hard to use at that time! The bonus was being able to configure Beryl just to see the "WOW" factor. I fell in love with FOSS and am now married to open source. So a virus creator brought me to FOSS. [...] OMB: Do you think that more Government / Political bodies should use more FOSS? Fahmi: I think its hard for government to enforce the use of FOSS. Why should they? They can purchase expensive software because of our taxes. As long as they are happy with their computers they don't see it or just dont get it. But the 'shining light' can be seen in political movements, because they are always short of money. How many political guys use wordpress for blogging? Even Anwar Ibrahim Blog uses Wordress. Ampang blog the same too. And more than that, we all use Linux servers. Some use Joomla. [...] ===== -- Soh Kam Yung my Google Reader Shared links: (http://www.google.com/reader/shared/16851815156817689753) my Google Reader Shared SFAS links: (http://www.google.com/reader/shared/user/16851815156817689753/label/sfas) _______________________________________________ Slugnet mailing list [email protected] http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet
