Asian open source continues marching ahead
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| Some examples:
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| 1. Filipino hospitals are looking closely at homegrown, open source
| software as a way to cut costs and get more done.
| 2. A public-private consortium has opened an open source lab in Malaysia,
| aimed at stimulating the growth of new start-ups.
| 3. Under-employed Indians are being told to create Joomla and Drupal
| templates as a quick way to make money.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1384
Open Source and Microsoft Free - Part 2
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| I have now been Microsoft free at work for almost five months. We had our
| Linux pilot kickoff meeting yesterday and are preparing to pilot Linux, Open
| Office, Evolution email client (not replacing Exchange), and Firefox as the
| standard Open Source image.
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http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/eai/madgreek/archives/open-source-and-microsoft-free-part-2-18795
Going Microsoft free, like Mike
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| This type of experiment is going on in lots of places. It takes skill and
| computing knowledge to pull it off. But as Mike notes it also takes skill and
| computing knowledge to run a Windows shop.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1387
Related (yesterday):
Open source lab cuts technology start-ups’ costs
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| Malaysia-based IT services company Basis Bay and government agency,
| Multimedia Development Corporation have opened the MSC Malaysia-Basis Bay
| Open Source Lab in Cyberjaya, Malaysia.
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http://computerworld.com.my/ShowPage.aspx?pagetype=2&articleid=6176&pubid=4&issueid=121
Open source software eyed for use in more health centers
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| More local government units want to install homegrown, open source software
| for health centers developed by the University of the Philippines Manila, its
| project manager told INQUIRER.net Tuesday
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http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view_article.php?article_id=86621
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