Same old same old... ;)
Also the over-and-under-the-table investments Microsoft et al have made over
the years have to be taken into account in any plan to go with the FLO
(Free/Libre/Open-source) systems in VN.
On 12/7/06, Larry Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 1:42:54 am 12/07/06 "Kevin Miller Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Open-source software community could offset high IT costs
>
> http://www.thanhniennews.com/education/?catid=4&newsid=22979
>
>
>
>
> *The Vietnamese government was proposed the formation of an
> open-source software community to help people use free software
> instead of expensive copyrighted systems, a conference heard
> Wednesday.*
> At the fourth national open-source software meeting, Nguyen Long,
> General Secretary of the Vietnam Informatics Association said the
> association and informatics firms were in need of governmental
> guidance and assistance to establish a community of open-source IT
> products.
> The association estimated computer users would have to earmark some
> US$3 billion for software copyrights if Vietnam gained another six
> million new PCs in the next five years.
>
> Vu Duc Dam, Deputy Minister of Post and Telematics said the IT sector
> should enhance the human resources, encourage businesses to engage in
> more open source software development and plan training programs for
> IT schools and centers.
>
> Open source software allows users to use it for a variety of purposes
> including accessing, modifying or upgrading code and redistributing it
> without paying for copyrights or awaiting permissions.
>
> The free software could also help reduce serious copyright
> infringement in developing countries like Vietnam as customers can
> not afford to buy a copyrighted version of Microsoft's Windows XP Pro
> for US$140, for example.
> Vietnam has seen open source software usage grow in roughly 65
> ministries, localities and scores of businesses that have drastically
> reduced expenses on IT products.
>
> However, Vietnam still faces difficulties in open source software
> application due to lack of human resources, coupled with low quality
> and compatibility of existing products.
>
> *Source: Tuoi Tre Translated by Tuong Nhi*
> *Story from Thanh Nien News
> Published: 07 December, 2006, 12:10:31 (GMT+7)
> Copyright Thanh Nien News*
Kev,
Good to hear from you. This is very good news and also very bad news. It
just seems like most folks in VN misunderstood OSS.
1. We do not have to pay for OSS
2. There are no copyrights when using OSS
If everyone believes 1. is true then all the OSS developers will not
survive.
As for 2., there is definitely copyright in OSS. Since the GPL allows one
to use any programs without paying for it, it doesn't mean the program is
not copyrighted.
-Larry
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