Re: [OSS] Re: why building a Free and Open Source community is important

I'm not sure what "Chu Nho" Vs "Viet Ngu" are, a small explication would
be interesting

Giao Ton a écrit :
> Let's smash the digital divide wall in the third world and around us
> right now and not in decades or centuries for the sake of humanity and
> freedom!
> The reform of "chu Nho" to "Viet ngu" unfold in the past in a very short
> time period and radically.
>
> Regards
>> From: Stefan Probst <stefan.probst@opticom.v-nam.net>
>> Reply-To: oss@isoc-vn.org
>> To: gtt00@hotmail.com
>> Subject: [OSS] Re: why building a Free and Open Source community is
>> important
>> Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:59:02 GMT
>>
>> Dear David, All,
>>
>> I'd be very interested in learning about the status of OSS in Vietnam,
>> especially about what OSS is produced inside Vietnam (i.e. not by Viet
>> Kieu) by volunteers (i.e. not paid for with company or project money).
>>
>> Regarding the application of OSS:
>> I do not think, that there is a lack of information. But why should
>> any school, or any public office for that matter, turn to OSS? First
>> they would face the resistance inside: pupils, teachers, workers know
>> MS Windows, why should they learn again to use something different?
>> The one who would make the decision would find it hard to ensure
>> technical support, thus running a high risk for being blamed for a
>> wrong decision, a failure. Finally, and not the least, if there is a
>> "project", i.e. the school (or the office) paying for licenses to use
>> their SW, then there is money flowing. And you know, that everybody in
>> Vietnam loves, if money is flowing, since money flows rarely only in
>> the designed channels, but there is always some spill-over. Since
>> there is no money flowing, if you use OSS, there is little incentive.....
>>
>> Bottom line:
>> IMHO the Vietnamese "system" (societal behaviour patterns, etc.) is as
>> of now (and most probably not for the next decades) not compatible
>> with the fundamentals of OSS i.e. OSS has here more disadvantages than
>> advantages over proprietary SW.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Stefan
>>
>>
>>
>> At 04:08 21.03.07 +0000, you wrote:
>> -------------------------
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Free and Open Source software is not a market made of producers
>>> competing with each others for passive consumers but a mix of
>>> following :
>>
>>
>>
>>
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