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

[Hugh Dierker <hdierker2204@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hugo, Karl & Jeff,
 
There is not, never has been and most likely never will be a dictatorship in 
Vietnam. Independence, Freedom and Happiness is more a definition of the people 
than a motto. The cities of HCMC and Hanoi have more free enterprise per square 
inch than a mile of most of California. Centrally speaking they are a supply 
and command economy, much like the direction the U.S. is clearly headed with 
Obama. Not a good or bad assessment just very frank.
 
Creating a scenario where a government is reliant on a single source for any 
essential goods or services is lunacy. VNNIC is a group of highly motivated, 
very intelligent and proudly patriotic professionals. The cool thing about them 
is that they don't have to do anything just for PR sake. They do what is a 
considered consensus as to what is best for Vietnam. My work with them, as is 
my want, was in their transitional and opening up phase of the Internet. At 
that time we worked very hard to maintain the internet of .VN as a national 
resource for the people. 
 
If one is to question the good intentions of Viet Nam as to this move, they do 
not see this announcement in proper light. They are basically marketing an 
effective bid opening process to get the work done. They are clearly stating 
"We will have the best of breed and if you want in, bring it on". I already 
have inquiries as to how companies might work with Viet Nam to make their 
stated goals a reality.
 
I say "Bully for Independence, Freedom, Happiness and Pride."

--- On Thu, 1/8/09, Hugo Monteiro <hugo.monteiro@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Hugo Monteiro <hugo.monteiro@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [ga] All of Vietnam's Government Computers To Use Linux, By Fiat
To: "Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Ga" <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "ICANN SSAC" <ssac@xxxxxxxxx>, "Nguyen Thu Hue" 
<huenguyen@xxxxxxxxx>, "GAC Rep" <ssene@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, "DOC/NTIA ICANN Rep" 
<aheineman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, January 8, 2009, 2:31 AM

Hello Jeffrey,

Not long ago it was Google's Chrome fault that people got their credit 
cards hijacked. Now it's Firefox that sucks. I'd like to ask you advise

on which secure browser platform to use.

Has for neutrality, let me just say that a government should be able to 
decide which technological solutions their offices and services use, 
without worrying about being called dictatorial. They can be good or bad 
decisions on a numerous level of aspects but what you call dictatorship 
some people just refer as management.

Regards,


Hugo Monteiro.

Jeffrey A. Williams wrote:
> 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,
>
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