[HanoiLUG] [Fwd: [ksd-vn] FOSS-­LINUX SYSTEMS IN VIETNAMESE NGOs]

[David Tremblay]

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De: Luis Gomez J <l.gomez.juanes at gmail.com>
À: ksd-vn at cairo.anu.edu.au
Sujet: [ksd-vn] FOSS-­LINUX SYSTEMS IN VIETNAMESE NGOs
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:12:08 +0700

Education for Development is the first NGO in Ho Chi Minh City to have
an implementation program for Free OpenSource-Linux systems in the
office. We believe the considerations we made as a part of that
decision apply equally to other NGOs:

       •      Security

       •      Reliability/Stability

       •      Open standards and vendor independence

       •      Reduced reliance on imports

       •      Developing local software capacity

       •      Piracy, IPR, and WTO

       •      Localization

During the last few months, some infrastructure around Linux has been
developed and it is now affordable to start using OpenSource programs
and to migrate to OpenSource Linux operating systems.

There is already a Linux user community in Saigon:
http://www.saigonlug.org/ as well as many other sites related (
http://www.vinalinux.com/ , etc),  In addition, there is a company
that supports and provides implementation services for
OpenSource-Linux that has a specific branch dedicated to Social
Organizations: http://www.openlink.com.vn.

With this email we would like to encourage other NGO's in Saigon, in
Hanoi (http://blog.hanoilug.org/) and elsewhere in Vietnam to break
with some stereotypes around Linux (i.e. it is difficult, it is not
compatible with other operating systems, etc.) and consider the
possibility of migrating to Open Source-Linux systems.

The attached dossier explains in more detail the reasons for
implementing Open Source-Linux and the ways to implement Open
Source-Linux in Vietnamese NGOs.

Best Regards

Luis Gomez
Web Manager Volunteer
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Education for Development (EFD)
http://www.educationfordevelopment.org/
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