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Indonesian Government pledges to pursue open-source software
In spite of a deal with the U.S.-based software giant Microsoft, the government pledged Wednesday that it would continue promoting the use of open-source software.
State Minister for Research and Technology Kusmayanto Kadiman said that open-source software would greatly benefit Indonesia's technological development.
"(An open-source platform) will also drive open and healthy competition amongst providers. Besides, it's consistent with our spirit of gotong-royong (collaboration)," Kusmayanto told a hearing with the House of Representatives Commission I on defense and foreign affairs.
Open-source software allows free public access to a computer program's source code, allowing anyone to freely modify and redistribute the software.
Kusmayanto said -- without mentioning Microsoft by name -- that
dependence on one operating system would curtail the country's freedom
to choose software most consistent with its own needs.
