Re: [ossig] Subject: Interesting document from ITworld.com

["lks" <lks@webpres.com.my>]

> > Quote: "A draft of the declaration had called for open source to be
> > "supported" but was changed after objections from the U.S. government
> > delegation late Tuesday night."
> > 
> > So now what? US gonna bomb those who are not with them?
> 
> I suppose it is inevitable that USA govt will try to discourage OSS 
> adoption as much as possible since most of the popular software in 
> use currently are very much USA-centric and their software industry 
> will suffer given the prevalent current business model of making 
> money by selling generic software.  If OSS really catches on here 
> esepcially in govt usage, I am sure they will also try to put some 
> pressure on the Malaysian govt. (if they have not done so already).
> 

OSS is the only good thing .. against monopoly .. 

Training and certification is one thing .. but not everybody can afford ..


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