Opportunities for open source software in Vietnam
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| As Vietnam is tightening control of illegal software, local administrations
| and enterprises are seeking cheap alternatives and open source software has
| become the top choice.
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http://english.vietnamnet.vn/reports/2007/10/749003/
Recent:
OPPORTUNITIES FOR OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE IN VIETNAM
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| The Office of the Communist Party of Vietnam has announced it has replaced
| Microsoft Office with OpenOffice, an open source software product.
| Accordingly, by the end of 2008, all 20,000 desktops at Party organs
| throughout Vietnam will be installed with OpenOffice.
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http://www.vnpt.com.vn/detail.asp?id=13&dataid=12233
Related:
FOSS Bridge pairs companies in EU and Vietnam
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| Now, a European nonprofit organization known as FOSS Bridge hopes that FOSS
| can be equally innovative in promoting cooperation between companies and in
| fostering investment in developing nations. The organization is currently
| working to help pair European and Vietnamese companies for joint development
| and business ventures.
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http://www.linux.com/feature/119284
Vietnam to begin working on free software
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| The Vietnamese agent for Asianux, an Asian consortium distributing open
| source software LINUX, is set to develop the open source software market in
| the country.
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http://www.thanhniennews.com/education/?catid=4&newsid=32166
Vietnam Switches to OpenOffice.org!
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| More than 20,000 computers from Party offices nationwide will switch to using
| OpenOffice instead of Microsoft Office from early 2008.
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http://saigontimes.com.vn/daily/BRIEFs.asp?loai=1&Sobao=3022&Ten=briefly%20today
Vietnam joins hands with EU to develop open software
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| The ?FoSS-bridge over EU and Vietnam? project aims to promote the development
| of the Southeast Asian software industry in cooperation with Europe.
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http://www.thanhniennews.com/politics/?catid=1&newsid=31323
F/OSS Business Models Forum in Hanoi, Vietnam
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| In Hanoi, the first F/OSS Business Models Forum was held at the Institute of
| Information Technology last July 30 and 31. The forum aims to encourage
| software entrepreneurs to take a look at F/OSS as a business enabler that can
| be part of any business strategy for SMEs.
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http://engage.wordpress.com/2007/08/07/foss-business-models-forum-in-hanoi-vietnam/
Vietsoftware join forces with Asianux
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| Under the MOU, the company's software developers will work with Asiannux
| experts to develop new software based on Linux operating system of Asianux.
| Meanwhile, Asianux will help the company to set up the Asianux Technology
| Institute in Vietnam to develop more Linux-based software products.
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http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2007/07/724393/
Hacao Linux 2.16 Professional released
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| Hacao Linux 2.16 Professional, a Vietnamese distribution based on
| Barry Kauler's Puppy Linux, was released 06/22/2007 by Nguyen Quang
| Truong.
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http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/17481#comment-5619
Sun shares its technology with Vietnam's open source community
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| While software copyrights are being tightened in Vietnam, this is
| considered an opportunity for Vietnamese programmers to use open
| source codes to create software products without violating copyrights.
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http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2007/05/699418/
Software copyright purchase: no monopoly in Govt agencies
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| Free open source software is encouraged for use in not only
| government agencies but in the whole of society as well. The
| purchase of Microsoft software copyright will help promote
| the wider use of open source software. If using illegal
| commercial software without having to pay fees, nobody
| would think of using open source software.
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http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2007/05/697667/
State [Vietnam] promotes use of shareware
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| The laboratory provides some open source application software,
| including the Linux operating system with Vietnamese version
| Vubuntu, file management software, network service management
| software, electronic library software and integrated e-solutions
| for small- and medium- sized enterprises.
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http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=02BUS140507
Vietnam gives priority to open source software
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| The government has approved the software industry development programme
| to 2010, in which priority will be given to the use of open source
| software in state-funded IT projects.
|
| [...]
|
| Curbing the rate of intellectual property violations of software to the
| average of the region and developing some major software products to
| replace imported ones are other major aims of the plan.
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http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2007/04/686282/
Vietnam is to pay billions of dollars for software copyrights
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| If office software such as Windows and Office is used, the total
| amount for 6 million PCs will be 3 billion USD (600 million x 500 USD).
| And the government may have to pay about 1 billion USD to buy
| software copyrights for its 2 million employees.
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http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2007/02/667146/
Open-source software offers affordable option
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| Reducing the widespread use of pirated software in Viet Nam will be
| an uphill struggle because of the high costs of legal software
| products, according to industry experts.
|
| But if shop owners, government offices and local consumers adopt
| open-source software -- which is essentially free -- piracy could fall
| dramatically, they added.
|
| [...]
|
| The government may in the future set up a unit within the Department
| of Post and Telematics that would assist consumers in the use of
| open-source software.
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http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=02BUS220107
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