Re: [Slugnet] Re: [ossig] SOSA - Singapore Open Source Alliance

[Ow Mun Heng <Ow.Mun.Heng@xxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2005-06-23 at 13:42 +0800, Ditesh wrote:
> > [1] BOSSA was actually my answer to the BSA which keeps raiding the
> > local shops for Piracy and yet not educating them that there are other
> 
> Why do you expect that its the role of the BSA to inform users of
> alternatives? That is /not/ their job. They are an industry organization
> meant to serve the interest of their members, not of the public.

My Bad. I tend to have an idealist view of society. :-)

I keep forgetting that BSA is a commercial entity which was formed to
combat (widespread) piracy and supported by the local/global consortium
of companies which aims for Rule #1. [1]

Then perhaps some blame should fall upon the local M'sia Govt or MAMPU
(which incidently came out in today's Computimes noting, we have made
strides in communicating with people from both the public and private
sectors with regard to OSS adoption.

Dang It. They need to target education!

[1] Make Money. Any Which way we can

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