Re: [ossig] Gates visit to Malaysia to cultivate talent

[Vincent Lee <leehongfay@xxxxxxxxx>]

where can we get the money to promote/package the Open Source equivalent
software tools? Any organization that would sponsor?

Bill Gates get to meet Prime Minister.... anyone of us get the opportunity?

--- Raja Iskandar Shah <ris.riscniaga@time.net.my> wrote: > i wonder if this is
in direct response to the malaysian govt open source
> master plan - which included oss as education tools for schools and
> universities in malaysia ?
> 
> is there anything that we can do to exploit this opportunity ? for
> example, if m$ promotes visual studio, we can promote eclipse / netbeans
> ? whatever that bill gates is promoting there are oss equivalent (which
> just needs some nice packaging).
> 
> 
> Raja Iskandar Shah
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Colin Charles <byte@aeon.com.my>
> Date: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 11:17 am
> Subject: [ossig] Gates visit to Malaysia to cultivate talent
> 
> > http://www.forbes.com/home/feed
> > 
> > Microsoft chairman Bill Gates is on a mission in Malaysia to help the
> > government improve computer proficiency and cultivate technology
> > specialists who could transform this Southeast Asian nation into an
> > innovation hub.
> > 
> > .....
> > 
> > Malaysia's high-tech industry centers on labor-intensive processes 
> > -
> > such as assembling and testing components - that rank low in terms of
> > know-how. Analysts have said the education system needs to be revamped
> > to attract more investment and spur research and development.
> > -- 
> > Colin Charles, byte@aeon.com.my
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