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Re: [ossig] FOSS Meet
Dear Hong Yee.
Thanks.
Poh
--- Seah Hong Yee <hongyee@polyscientific.com.my>
wrote:
> Dear Poh,
>
> Forget about what he says, let's just do whatever
> we think is necessary. If
> UNDP site doesn't help just tell them to make
> changes and if it doesn't work,
> let's just try to do this within our community. The
> main reason why I started
> this FOSS Meet is to have people discuss issues and
> help each other out.
> FOSS adoption is not going to happen if we all just
> do our own thing and live
> in ivory tower. We been talking and blowing off
> steam in ossig for way too
> long, time to do something.
>
> Personally, I think you need a site for the
> bio-chemistry community. I am
> willing to help whichever way I can if you think I
> am useful to you.
>
>
> On Monday 01 November 2004 16:12, Poh Yang Ming
> wrote:
> > Dear Hong Yee,
> >
> > I wrote to RMS yesterday. In his reply there is no
> > need for this list because it is easy.
> >
> > But that doesn't explain why lower adoption of
> linux
> > on client machine locally.
> >
> > Anyway, I just do all I can at UNDP's site.
> >
> > thanks.
> >
> > Poh
> >
> > --- Seah Hong Yee <hongyee@polyscientific.com.my>
> >
> > wrote:
> > > > Thanks Hong Yee.
> > > >
> > > > Yes at the moment I am listing a few essential
> > >
> > > skills
> > >
> > > > needed to begin using and developing with
> FOSS.
> > > >
> > > > I am not against using commercial software
> either.
> > > > People who have the money, it is their's to
> spend.
> > > >
> > > > IMHO, the barrier to learn, use and develop
> with
> > >
> > > FOSS
> > >
> > > > should be reduced. I do not know how, and I am
> > >
> > > turing
> > >
> > > > to u guys for pointers.
> > >
> > > I think for the purpose of us understanding a
> bit
> > > more of what you are facing
> > > and specifically what you think would be
> helpful.
> > > Maybe you should elaborate
> > > what you want us to help exactly. I have heard
> that
> > > at your organisation,
> > > people don't like to learn another computing
> > > technology. OSS just whole
> > > bunch of tools. How you want to use it is up to
> you.
> > > I guess what we need
> > > from you is
> > >
> > > 1) Would you say your chemist don't know how to
> use
> > > Linux and thereby prevent
> > > its adoption?
> > > 2) Lack of people to maintain the machine ?
> > > 3) Lack of programing skills ?
> > >
> > > FYI, when I was cooker mailing list a while
> back
> > > there was talk about
> > > starting a distro for scientist, not sure how
> far it
> > > went though.
> > >
> > > > Cheers.
> > > >
> > > > > 4) Next meeting will be somewhere near KLCC
> two
> > > > > weeks from now, actual
> > > > > location and time will be posted.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > >
> > > > > Hong Yee
> >
> >
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