http://www.iosn.net Malaysian Free and Open Souce Software News daily 1 2006-07-10T07:31:38Z http://www.iosn.net/asean-3/countries/malaysia/news/malaysia-s-schools-get-openoffice.org The Malaysian government has unveiled plans to roll out OpenOffice.org in schools across the nation--a move that will affect some 300,000 PCs. No publisher kaeru Copyright © 2008 CNET Networks, Inc., a CBS Company. All rights reserved. Malaysia OpenOffice Education Government Policy 2008-08-29T04:00:39Z News Item http://www.iosn.net/asean-3/countries/malaysia/news/malaysian-state-of-kedah-moves-to-openoffice.org A case study submitted to the Open Source Competency Center by the Center of Information Technology, Office of the Chief Minister and State Secretary of Kedah, has indicated that OpenOffice.org has been installed in 70% of the computers in the Kedah state government agencies. There are currently 2,202 installed seats and by the looks of it, the numbers will just keep rising! No publisher kaeru Open Standards Malaysia OpenOffice Government Policy OpenDocument 2008-08-18T09:56:40Z News Item http://www.iosn.net/asean-3/countries/malaysia/news/malaysian-state-of-pahang-moves-to-openoffice.org Its just been made official that the government of the State of Pahang is migrating all its productivity suites to OpenOffice.org. No publisher kaeru Malaysia OpenOffice Government Policy OpenDocument 2008-08-14T06:21:06Z News Item http://www.iosn.net/asean-3/countries/malaysia/news/mygifoss-update-rfc The intention of this document is to provide a guide for Malaysian government agencies in the adoption of and migration to open source software withing their ICT framework. No publisher kaeru Open Standards Malaysia Policy 2008-07-09T07:22:06Z News Item http://www.iosn.net/asean-3/countries/malaysia/news/zdnet-asia-open-source-gathers-steam-in-malaysia PETALING JAYA--Open source software (OSS) adoption is growing steadily in Malaysia, where IT practitioners in the industry are optimistic its development will make greater strides in the coming years. No publisher kaeru Copyright © 2007 CNET Networks, Inc. All rights reserved. Malaysia 2007-08-15T02:01:19Z News Item http://www.iosn.net/asean-3/countries/malaysia/news/developers-training-workshop-reinforces-global-foss-healthcare-interoperability-agenda No publisher blackphoenix8 IOSN ASEAN3 SME FOSS Health IOSN 2007-06-26T03:24:58Z News Item http://www.iosn.net/asean-3/countries/malaysia/news/sirim-pulls-plug-on-format-fight SHAH ALAM: Standards body Sirim Bhd has stopped a feud between IBM Malaysia and Microsoft Malaysia over competing technologies in this country. Datuk Dr Mohamad Ariffin Aton, Sirim chief executive, has suspended the process for approving the Open Document Format (ODF), which is backed by IBM Corp, as a Malaysian standard. A competing format is OpenXML, currently used only in Microsoft Corp's Office suite of desktop products. No publisher blackphoenix8 Copyright © 1995-2007 Star Publications (Malaysia) Bhd (Co No 10894-D) Open Standards Malaysia OpenDocument 2007-04-18T08:19:32Z News Item http://www.iosn.net/asean-3/countries/malaysia/news/technology-neutrality-and-what-it-means-to-us-malaysians An opinion column on clarifications as to what technology neutrality really means in the context of market choices and the current situation in Malaysia. The situation is actually not biased towards FOSS, but towards incumbent proprietary software vendors and standards. No publisher kaeru Copyright © 2006 NST Online. All rights reserved. Open Standards Malaysia Government Policy OpenDocument 2006-12-21T06:24:50Z News Item http://www.iosn.net/asean-3/countries/malaysia/news/position-statement-on-software-neutrality-and-openness-from-mossa-malaysia-open-source-software-alliance Today (7 Dec 2006) a Round Table discussion was conducted by MOSSA (Malaysia Open Source Software Alliance) at the office of the New Straits Times newspaper in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur. MOSSA consists of ICT solution developers and providers, associations, groups, users and individuals. The Round Table discussed a recent announcement by the Malaysian Government on software neutrality. No publisher kaeru Open Standards Red Hat Government Policy IBM IOSN Malaysia OpenDocument Novell 2006-12-07T17:22:07Z News Item http://www.iosn.net/asean-3/countries/malaysia/news/malaysian-government-adopts-neutral-technology-platform-policy SERI KEMBANGAN: The Government is adopting a neutral technology platform policy that does not favour either open-source (OSS) or proprietary software. No publisher kaeru Copyright © 1995-2006 Star Publications (Malaysia) Bhd (Co No 10894-D Malaysia Government Policy 2006-11-23T01:45:44Z News Item http://www.iosn.net/asean-3/countries/malaysia/news/malaysia-oks-move-toward-opendocument-format July 28, 2006 (Computerworld) -- The Malaysian government is moving toward adoption of the OpenDocument Format (ODF), according to a U.S.-based activist group that backs the use of the free XML file format. No publisher kaeru Copyright © 2006 Computerworld Inc. All rights reserved. Open Standards OpenOffice OpenDocument 2006-08-13T13:20:04Z News Item http://www.iosn.net/asean-3/countries/malaysia/news/opendocument-wins-more-fans Malaysia and Bristol are just two of the latest places to fly the ODF flag No publisher kaeru Copyright © 2006 CNET Networks, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Open Standards 2006-08-02T04:17:41Z News Item http://www.iosn.net/asean-3/countries/malaysia/news/open-source-opens-doors Malaysia’s CIOs are into open source software, and many see it as a way of cutting costs and upping choice. No publisher kaeru 2006-07-14T09:03:04Z News Item http://www.iosn.net/asean-3/countries/malaysia/news/mdc-cc Malaysians above the age of 17 are invited to take part in the first Creative Commons Malaysia Competition organised by the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDC). No publisher kaeru 2006-02-06T23:38:40Z News Item http://www.iosn.net/asean-3/countries/malaysia/news/cc-malaysia PETALING JAYA: The Creative Commons approach to intellectual property licensing can help the local arts scene to flourish. But to do this it needs to become common knowledge among copyright holders in the country, said its supporters. No publisher kaeru Copyright © 1995-2006 Star Publications (Malaysia) Bhd (Co No 10894-D) 2006-01-13T01:25:00Z News Item