Re: [ga] All of Vietnam's Government Computers To Use Linux, By Fiat

["Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Karl and all,

  I nor any of our members have any problem with the "Linux" part
of the announcment.  I thought I made that clear?

"Karl E. Peters" wrote:

> Jeffrey and others,
>     I would respectfully disagree on the impact of the decision to
> mandate government computers use Linux. MS is moving toward a
> situation where you can not own your software but must perpetually
> lease, thus making one forever dependent on good relations with MS
> (and LOTs of money!) to keep ones computers operating smoothly. The
> backdoors they leave so they can police their licenses are a
> playground for malicious hackers that one rarely, if ever, experiences
> with Linux. Linux and the associated applications have come a long way
> in interoperability with the MS world and the GUI of Ubuntu (My
> favroite flavor of Linux) is very easy and familiar to navigate for
> Windows graduates. Finally, the hardware required to run a full-blown
> Linux world is far less demanding than to run the very bloated and
> resource-hogging new MS systems, especially the new "Vista" that even
> MS is trying to distance themselves from in some respects.
>     In an age where the US is finally learning that pouring lots of
> needless money out for resources we have at home more cheaply, we
> should not criticize Vietnam for stopping the software expense
> bleeding of money outside when there is a well-maintained and free OS
> beckoning them that makes it nearly painless to switch over.
>     Personally, I had become addicted to the GUI of Windows for lack
> of real programming skills and being a rather lousy typist, but when
> working on some projects for Africa and seeking out cheaper
> alternatives for use there, I was shown Ubuntu and NOW, even my kids,
> who love games, want to switch their fancy media laptop from Vista to
> Ubuntu. I still use both systems and am making the switch slowly in
> the last few months, but there is no evident reason why a capable user
> of Ubuntu could not compete in a MS world and eventually win it over!
> I wish the US government would try to save a little money that way!!!
> -Karl E. Peters, President
> Top-Level Domain Association, Inc.
>
>
>
>      -------- Original Message --------
>      Subject: [ga] All of Vietnam's Government Computers To Use
>      Linux, By
>      Fiat
>      From: "Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>      Date: Wed, January 07, 2009 2:24 am
>      To: Ga <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>      Cc: ICANN SSAC <ssac@xxxxxxxxx>, Nguyen Thu Hue
>      <huenguyen@xxxxxxxxx>,
>      GAC Rep <ssene@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, DOC/NTIA ICANN Rep
>      <aheineman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
>      All,
>
>      How Orwellion! So much for Net Nutrality here. >:( Given
>      the recent security holes in Firefox as well, it seems that
>      such
>      a dictatorial decision by the Ministry of Information and
>      Communication in Vietnam is a foolish one as well. Perhaps
>      Eric can pursuade them to rethink this decision lest Vietnam
>
>      wishes to see a stark reduction in ecommerce and find
>      themselves
>      de-routed or filtered in accordance with the recent FCC
>      ruling, accordingly...
>
>      See:
>      The Vietnamese Ministry of Information and Communications
>      has issued
>      an administrative ruling
>      http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2009/01/822425/
>      increasing the use of Free Open Source Software products at
>      state
>      agencies, increasing the software's use both in the back
>      office and on
>      the desktop.
>      According to the new rule, 100% of government servers must
>      run Linux by
>      June 30, 2009, and 70% of agencies must use OpenOffice.org,
>      Mozilla
>      Firefox, and Mozilla Thunderbird by the end of 2009. The
>      regulation also
>
>      sets benchmarks for training and proficiency in the
>      software. Vietnam
>      has a population of 86 million, 4 million larger than that
>      of Germany,
>      and is one of
>      the world's fastest-growing economies.
>
>      Regards,
>
>      Spokesman for INEGroup LLA. - (Over 284k
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Regards,

Spokesman for INEGroup LLA. - (Over 284k members/stakeholders strong!)
"Obedience of the law is the greatest freedom" -
   Abraham Lincoln
"YES WE CAN!"  Barack ( Berry ) Obama

"Credit should go with the performance of duty and not with what is
very often the accident of glory" - Theodore Roosevelt

"If the probability be called P; the injury, L; and the burden, B;
liability depends upon whether B is less than L multiplied by
P: i.e., whether B is less than PL."
United States v. Carroll Towing  (159 F.2d 169 [2d Cir. 1947]
===============================================================
Updated 1/26/04
CSO/DIR. Internet Network Eng. SR. Eng. Network data security IDNS.
div. of Information Network Eng.  INEG. INC.
ABA member in good standing member ID 01257402 E-Mail
jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
My Phone: 214-244-4827