[mosca] All Govt Agencies To Implement Open Source Software
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Bernama - Friday, April 24
KUALA LUMPUR, April 23 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Administrative
Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (Mampu) expects all
government agencies to implement open source software (OSS) by end of
next year.
To date, 462 agencies from a total of 720 agencies have implemented
OSS, which managed to provide a savings of more than RM47 million,
said Mampu deputy director of ICT (information and communications
technology) policy and planning division, Tan King Ing.
"We had utilised the OSS development model for rapid development of
product at a lower cost by building upon existing solutions," she said
at a media briefing here today.
Eight OSS products have been developed for use by all public sector
agencies, she told reporters.
To further contribute to the industry, Mampu and Multimedia
Development Corporation (MDeC) will host the 2009 MSC Malaysia Open
Source Conference from May 31 to June 3.
Targeted at business executives, developers and the open source
community, the conference is expected to attract about 1,000 local and
overseas participants, said MDeC vice president Saifol Shamlan.
With the theme "Open to Change", the conference aimed to provide
exposure and knowledge on the importance of open source in enhancing
competitiveness with a lower cost of ownership, Saifol said.
"The conference provides a platform for participants to actively
interact, share and exchange their views, ideas and tools on the
latest trends and issues," he said.
Among the speakers lined up are representatives from Mozilla, Google,
Microsoft, Linux, Red Hat, Sun Microsystems, Extol, Ubuntu-my,
Krimmet, Hack In The Box and Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka
(UTeM).
Saifol said the OSS industry has shown a positive trend and remained
resilent despite the global economic crisis.
"We want the industry to be viable and growing," he said, adding that
about four percent of the MSC Malaysia-status companies was currently
in the OSS business. -- BERNAMA
Link
http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/bnm/20090423/tbs-mampu-oss-ceeeaba.html
Original in Malay
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/bm/newsbusiness.php?id=406252
MSC Malaysia Open Source Conference 2009
http://www.mscmalaysia.my/osconf
Open Source MAMPU
http://opensource.mampu.gov.my/
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