http://www.iosn.net/asean-3/countries/malaysia/news/news-view Malaysian Free and Open Souce Software News en-us Plone 2.0 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. kaeru Malaysia OpenOffice Education Government Policy Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:20:49 +0530 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! kaeru Open Standards Malaysia OpenOffice Government Policy OpenDocument Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:09:20 +0530 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. kaeru Malaysia OpenOffice Government Policy OpenDocument Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:52:58 +0530 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. kaeru Open Standards Malaysia Policy Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:27:47 +0530 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. kaeru Malaysia Wed, 15 Aug 2007 07:31:19 +0530 http://www.iosn.net/asean-3/countries/malaysia/news/developers-training-workshop-reinforces-global-foss-healthcare-interoperability-agenda blackphoenix8 IOSN ASEAN3 SME FOSS Health IOSN Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:54:58 +0530 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. blackphoenix8 Open Standards Malaysia OpenDocument Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:49:32 +0530 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. kaeru Open Standards Malaysia Government Policy OpenDocument Thu, 21 Dec 2006 13:24:27 +0530 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. kaeru Open Standards Red Hat Government Policy IBM IOSN Malaysia OpenDocument Novell Fri, 08 Dec 2006 00:22:07 +0530 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. kaeru Malaysia Government Policy Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:45:44 +0530 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. kaeru Open Standards OpenOffice OpenDocument Sun, 13 Aug 2006 20:20:04 +0530 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 kaeru Open Standards Wed, 02 Aug 2006 11:17:14 +0530 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. kaeru Fri, 14 Jul 2006 16:03:04 +0530 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). kaeru Tue, 07 Feb 2006 07:38:40 +0530 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. kaeru Fri, 13 Jan 2006 09:25:00 +0530