Open source movement in Malaysia

hyper_raider · 21st Nov 2006, 03:47 PM

Hi all,
My university (Oregon State University) is has a very strong open source movement here. We host companies like Mozilla and Drupal to name a few. The state of Oregon is also where the Open Source Development Lab(OSDL) is.

And i am wondering how is the open source scene in Malaysia? I am a big fan of the open source movement and therefore would like to see or hope to see Malaysia more involved in the open source movement.

Now my question is what do you guys think of the open source movement as a whole and what is the open source scene in malaysia like? Are they ways we can improve it? are there things that can be improved or do we just dont care? Lets discuss this here

hyper_raider · 27th Nov 2006, 08:02 AM

Responded with a resounding roar....

Chai · 27th Nov 2006, 09:31 AM

Hahaha...not surprising right?

djspinnet · 27th Nov 2006, 09:49 AM

Put it simply.. one of my lecturers is the founding members and even he has no idea what's happening with it.

You can google for MYOSS if you're interested. I forgot the link.

hyper_raider · 27th Nov 2006, 10:52 AM

I just want to know more about the open source movement in malaysia is and i just wanted to opinion of all the forum members

djspinnet · 27th Nov 2006, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by hyper_raider

I just want to know more about the open source movement in malaysia is and i just wanted to opinion of all the forum members

I suppose ARP isn't exactly the right place to ask... from my observation here, the folks here in this forum isn't much into OSS apart from using some open source apps.

The OSS movement in Malaysia is quite fragmented.. you get a OSS-UG here, another group there.. another group here, and in-fighting between the different groups... you get the gist.

ZuePhok · 27th Nov 2006, 05:36 PM

haha what do you expect? piracy plays a big part..

hyper_raider · 28th Nov 2006, 01:20 AM

Sad to see that especially when there is so much good softwares out there which are free

Also sad to know that there is a lot of bickering among the groups especially when open source is all about the community

21st Nov 2006, 03:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
hyper_raider shutdown -h now Join Date: 15 Aug 2003 Location: in front of my pc Posts: 6,002 Reputation: 1078 Rep Power: 22	Open source movement in Malaysia Hi all, My university (Oregon State University) is has a very strong open source movement here. We host companies like Mozilla and Drupal to name a few. The state of Oregon is also where the Open Source Development Lab(OSDL) is. And i am wondering how is the open source scene in Malaysia? I am a big fan of the open source movement and therefore would like to see or hope to see Malaysia more involved in the open source movement. Now my question is what do you guys think of the open source movement as a whole and what is the open source scene in malaysia like? Are they ways we can improve it? are there things that can be improved or do we just dont care? Lets discuss this here __________________ "God does not play dice with the universe." - Albert Einstein (1879-1955) http://edward-lim.blogspot.com

27th Nov 2006, 08:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
hyper_raider shutdown -h now Join Date: 15 Aug 2003 Location: in front of my pc Posts: 6,002 Reputation: 1078 Rep Power: 22	Responded with a resounding roar.... __________________ "God does not play dice with the universe." - Albert Einstein (1879-1955) http://edward-lim.blogspot.com

27th Nov 2006, 09:31 AM	#3 (permalink)
Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 26,994 Reputation: 4108 Rep Power: 74	Hahaha...not surprising right? __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/

27th Nov 2006, 09:49 AM	#4 (permalink)
djspinnet Active Join Date: 3 Jun 2005 Posts: 591 Reputation: 583 Rep Power: 9	Put it simply.. one of my lecturers is the founding members and even he has no idea what's happening with it. You can google for MYOSS if you're interested. I forgot the link. __________________ Jinny Wong djspinnet.org

27th Nov 2006, 10:52 AM	#5 (permalink)
hyper_raider shutdown -h now Join Date: 15 Aug 2003 Location: in front of my pc Posts: 6,002 Reputation: 1078 Rep Power: 22	I just want to know more about the open source movement in malaysia is and i just wanted to opinion of all the forum members __________________ "God does not play dice with the universe." - Albert Einstein (1879-1955) http://edward-lim.blogspot.com

27th Nov 2006, 05:36 PM	#7 (permalink)
ZuePhok Hold me back! I can't stop posting!!! Join Date: 16 Dec 2002 Location: Floating Island Of Mandango Posts: 8,628 Reputation: 3005 Rep Power: 45	haha what do you expect? piracy plays a big part.. __________________ my motto: poison first, think later.

28th Nov 2006, 01:20 AM	#8 (permalink)
hyper_raider shutdown -h now Join Date: 15 Aug 2003 Location: in front of my pc Posts: 6,002 Reputation: 1078 Rep Power: 22	Sad to see that especially when there is so much good softwares out there which are free Also sad to know that there is a lot of bickering among the groups especially when open source is all about the community __________________ "God does not play dice with the universe." - Albert Einstein (1879-1955) http://edward-lim.blogspot.com

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