Re: examples and success in implementing OSS in Vietnamese

Dear All,

Oddly enough, I got only one response (from Joakim Lofqvust) about
the implementation of Linux in Government in the month since I posted
this message. We know that by Government decision, Open Source should
be the default for Government Offices and that there is a plan for its
implementation.

May I ask the original question slightly differently and more
specifically:

1. Is there a standard Vietnamese language Linux operating system and
office software for distribution to Government offices?

2. If it exists, what is the contact person or organisation,
at what street address and under what product name(s)?

3. How can I obtain all of the CDs for this distribution?

4. And what is the process for updating this software?

I am very interested in installing current implementation in some
PCs in our office for testing. I sincerely want to see OSS in
action.

Can someone help me,

Cheers, Vern

Vern Weitzel wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
> A couple weeks ago I asked several lists about what fonts are
> being used in Viet Nam. I got a lot of responses indicating that
> Unicode is slow to catch on. If given time, I will try to summarise
> these comments in coming days.
>
> I have another question that is more specific and relates to progress
> among the members of this list in implementing Vietnamese Open Source
> operationg systems and software in Viet Nam.
>
> It has been some time since we asked this last on these lists. Now
> perhaps there may be results. I don't, for instance, see a Vietnamese
> version of Open Office or localisation files on the OpenOffice.org
> website. Perhaps this is naive of me, but I think we do need to have
> this information presented in a way that the product can be improved
> by a network of developers.
>
> When we last met VietKey Linux it was being promoted more as a product
> for sale than as genuine OpenSource. Has this changed. Was the
> system tested and is it acceptable to the public?
>
> Maybe I am out of the loop but we should be asking a lot of genuinely
> important questions at this point about the value of localised OS
> software.
>
> Certainly if international organisations are going to fund projects
> which use open source systems, they will need to be satisfied either
> with the acceptibility of the software or of its mechanism for
> improvement.
>
> At this point, I don't have any idea where we are in real terms.
> How could we achieve that so that implementers better know where they
> are going, how they are going to get there and how fast?
>
> Best, Vern
>
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Vern Weitzel (Mr.), Webmanager
<weitzel@undp.org.vn> or <webmanager@undp.org.vn>
United Nations Development Programme
address: 25-29 Phan Boi Chau; Ha Noi, Viet Nam
postal address:
UNDP Viet Nam One UN Plaza New York, NY 10017 USA
UNDP Viet Nam Palais des Nations 1211 Geneva Switzerland
UNDP Viet Nam GPO Box 618 Bangkok, 10501 Thailand
tel: +84-4 942-1495 (ext 135) fax: +84-4 942-2267
http://www.undp.org.vn and http://www.un.org.vn
home address: Apartment 504-505, Block A4 Giang Vo
[opposite UN Int. School] tel: +84-4 846-1751
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