See ZDNet Asia news by Lynn Tan: Malaysia formally embraces Open Document Format
Excerpts:
"The Malaysian government today announced plans to adopt open standards and the Open Document Format (ODF) within the country's public sector.
The Malaysian Administration Modernization and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU) last week issued a tender for a nine-month study to evaluate the usage of open standards in its information communications technology (ICT) deployment. The study will also look into how the Malaysian public sector should migrate to open standards and the ODF.."
Excerpts:
"The Malaysian government today announced plans to adopt open standards and the Open Document Format (ODF) within the country's public sector.
The Malaysian Administration Modernization and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU) last week issued a tender for a nine-month study to evaluate the usage of open standards in its information communications technology (ICT) deployment. The study will also look into how the Malaysian public sector should migrate to open standards and the ODF.."
Quiet Right
Good to see that Malaysia is not playing into the hands of the superscompanies, I expect government institutions to head up the open source practise, after all they represent the people and that's what open source is all about. http://www.off-plan.com/country.php?itemname=home&countryid=malaysia
Bravo Malaysia
Good to see that <a href='http://www.off-plan.com/country.php?itemname=home&countryid=malaysia'>Malaysia</a> is not playing into the hands of the superscompanies, I expect government institutions to head up the open source practise, after all they represent the people and that's what open source is all about.