[Fwd: Re: [OSS] Bridge the gnu/linux gap in vietnam]

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Subject: Re: [OSS] Bridge the gnu/linux gap in vietnam
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 10:14:25 +0700
From: David Tremblay <dtremblay@oxfamqc.netnam.vn>
Reply-To: dtremblay@oxfamqc.netnam.vn
Organization: Oxfam-Qc
To: OSS <oss@isoc-vn.org>

Hello All,

This issue about whether or not Viet key is an Open-source company or
not , should be seen in the light of how feeble the open-source movement
in Vietnam is. If we had 10 or 15 open-source companies plus 5 or 6 very
organized LUG or LAMP programming clubs there would be no problem having
one company that share its time between OSS and proprietary/commercial.

To overcome this problem, we should see where and what is our enemy
instead of dividing our forces.

I hope Mr VietKey Tuan will help us for the Free Software Day as we can
all profit each other (the commercial side of gnu/linux and the "free
speech/free beer" side of gnu/linux)

I hope Mr Viet Slackware can put some "water in its wine" (that's a
french proverb that means "to dilute" a strong idea) even if I can agree
with some of its claims. Vietnam Open source community needs everyone
that can help, even the "enemy of your enemy" and your "objective ally".

All around the world we're in a situation where we have competition
between distros. Having competition make sure that nobody will sits on
its success, that's what is happening with M$. If we have a free distro
of Linux, this should make a better "commercial linux" distro ?

Have a nice day everyone

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