Hi, Please skip me a self introduction and go ahead to the discussion.
On 7/1/07, vietlugml <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- David Tremblay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Maybe the guys had thoughts but they are not > > completely accurate. > > > > Maybe someone should explain me why they oppose > > "open source" to > > commercial software, why do they think that "made in > > vietnam software" > > is not subjected to copyright violation > > > > and please explain me why do we talk about "open > > source software" in > > vietnam when we talk about fighting copyright > > violation ? > > > > Is someone willing to start discussing the merit of > > FOSS in for itself ? > > > > > > This is a very complicated topic. and it is a long topic. The FOSS, as a evolution is still in is developing stage and it is very hard to tell whether is is good or not. Though the merits of FOSS are researched and shown by many case studies.　From different point of views: business, users, developers... For the question above, the the merits are: the freedom to run, copy and develope existing FOSS -> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html > > They did not oppose commercial software if you read it > carefully. Software companies in VN worry about their > products being pirated and there isn't any enforcement > to protect their interest. If this is truly the real > concern then their only option is to use BSD license > for those that wish to develop and sell open source > software. > Software development processes in FOSS are done by different target: To gain popularity, to gain market share, to gain free developers + free users + free testers = community. This is done by opening source code. I don't think BSD license and GPL license are important in Vietnam because no many peopel care/understand them. > The most successful open source software company in > the world is Red Hat. And their main revenue source is > from subscriptions (service model), not from selling > software. They're willing to give away their software. > Same with Canonical. From the business point of view, Redhat is just packaging a lot of FOSS and makes distrobutions call RHEL and Fedora. They use Fedora to gain: + popularity + free developers, free testers, free users while making money out of its services ( and customizing existing softwares???) How to apply this model to Vietnam is still a question. > > So, software companies in VN prolly already thought > out that: > > 1. Do I develop software with GPL? If so, how will I > feed my family? What is the model that will generate > revenue from my GPL software? I'm sure there are a lot > of places/individuals already figured it out how to > deal with this. The motivation of FOSS developers are different: They do it in their free time to indentity themself as a "linux developer". Not the money. Some research shows that 70% developers making their hobby FOSS software during work time. How to make money out of FOSS is a question for business men. not developers. > > 2. Forget about 1. I'm gonna stick with MS. I just go > down the street and buy Visual Studio for VND25,000 > and start develop commercial software (Hey, isn't this > copyrighted violation already? :) ) Who will care about this? An invidual, a company or the goverment? The answers will vary. > > I believe education and governmental branches/offices > or a few experienced users that are willing to put OSS > @work are the only places that OSS will be nourished > strongly in VN for the time being. I haven't been back > there for 2 years. Hope my thoughts are not outdated. Education takes alot of resource. It is one of the main point why MS products are still be loved in Vietnam. -- Best Regards, Nguyen Hung Vu [EMAIL PROTECTED] An inquisitive look at Harajuku http://www.flickr.com/photos/vuhung/sets/72157600109218238/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ VietLUG-users mailing list VietLUG-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vietlug-users
