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Regional updates, LPI and MOSIG
Tantalizing bits on what's going on at IOSN, affordable LPI certs for Malaysia and Malaysian Open Source Industry Group.
On work front, a lot of good news. The Join Inspection Unit, a UN body charged with reporting on UN adminstration and management, is currently doing a report on FOSS usage in the UN system. They met with IOSN to learn more about the impact that we are having regionally and internationally with regards to raising awareness of FOSS as well as how FOSS concepts such as openness, knowledge sharing and international collabaration.
This is followed up by plans to make IOSN a global UN task force for FOSS. Additionally we continue to work in the region. We hope to expand IOSN's resources by collabarating with ASEAN governments to provide additional support via regional government collaboration to increase open source use and development.
Of course, this means that MS and their hired lawyers the BSA have stepped up their FUD campaign. The point is, if Linux and Open Source is as bad as they say it is, why are they so afraid of it? They even spent the time to write an 11 page.. yup.. 11 page letter in response to IOSN. Well since nothing is closed at IOSN, we will put this letter up in the open, and let the community give their views.
Further news.. for Malaysia, we now have an LPI proctor in Dr. Nah. If you are a Linux trainer, you can use the free LinuxIT LPI training materials to provide training and actually organize with Dr. Nah to have your trianees sit for an LPI paper exam for possibly as low as RM100 per paper. This is of course also open to the general public, so if we can organize an exam day and location, system admins can sit for Level 1 and 2 exams.
I will be posting a more formal notice later in myoss/ossig to provide more information for trainers and training centers, as well as all you Linux heads who want to get certified. Incidently similar setup is being done in other South East Asian countries. Stay tuned.. the days of not being able to find trained and certified Linux staff will soon be over.
Formation of Malaysia's Open Source Industry Group is in works also, so if you're a small shop, soon you will no longer be alone in pushing OSS solutions.
We're Malaysia's next open source generation, and it's now on our shoulders to take it mainstream. Malaysians have been accused of being complacent and apathetic. Let us, the FOSS community prove that wrong and get things going!
Ditesh has already started a list of Malaysian contributers and if you are providing FOSS services, you should contact IOSN or Ditesh to be added to the list.
