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Malaysian school integrates 11 campuses with CRM app

kaeru — 2010-05-05T09:18:41Z

To integrate campus student information systems at 11 separate campuses, and to centralize the management of the marketing and recruitment process, Malaysia's INTI Education Group has adopted an open-source based customer relationship management (CRM) application.

“We also believe that open source prevents vendor lock in. We chose Red Hat because it is based on open standards, which translates to lower costs and greater flexibility.”

Adopting a customer relationship management (CRM) solution proved to be a logical choice and INTI picked SugarCRM from iZENO, a Red Hat Infocomm Local Industry Upgrading Programme (iLIUP) Partner. The open-source based CRM solution was chosen for its flexibility and cost-effectiveness.

Read full article at SearchSMBAsia.com

For more details visit http://foss.org.my/news/malaysian-school-integrates-11-campuses-with-crm-app

Kripkorn Studios

parasolx — 2010-02-07T18:16:50Z

Komuniti Drupal & phpBB Malaysia

Hello guys,

Here I would like to announce one new Drupal site community have been established. Our site was established on November 2008. We provide a details tutorials and a lot of article regarding on using Drupal.

Besides, we integrate with phpBB3 to replace the current Drupal forum so such utilized the Drupal performance as a framework content management which can be combine with others CMS.

Glad to invite all of you to visit our site: http://www.kripkornstudios.com.my

For more details visit http://foss.org.my/news/kripkorn-studios

Download Mirror: MALAYSIA for OpenOffice.org at http://cermin.safve.my

azmisj — 2010-02-07T18:16:50Z

We are hosting Download Mirror: MALAYSIA for OpenOffice.org at http://cermin.safve.my , this can be verified at http://distribution.openoffice.org/mirrors/#mirrors , view under Malaysia. Thank You. Regards, AZMI Salim support@cermin.safve.my

For more details visit http://foss.org.my/news/download-mirror-malaysia-for-openoffice.org-at-http-cermin.safve.my

MSC - OPEN SOURCE CONVENTION 2009 (MSCOSCON09')

azsnal — 2010-02-07T18:16:50Z

Open Source Developer Conference in Malaysia organize by Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC)

Dear All,

MDeC is hoping to organizing a new chapter in Open Source Malaysia, called Open Source Developer Conference (OSDC.MY) somewhere in June 2009 this conference will gather (USER)/(DEVELOPER)/(INDUSTRY) from all over the world a WCIT on Open Source as we want it to be... there would fun, games, competition, hacking, talk, debate and etc... (will post the draft of the agenda soooonnn)

We have recently got back from OSDC.AU in Sydney and have gain valuable information and knowledge about Open Source Development among the developer in Aussie... and we were fortunate enough to have a chat with Larry Wall -Inventor of Perl-, Criss Dibona, Program Manager for Google and many others who has express their interests in Malaysian Developer. guys you guys are know to the world!! :-)

We have a small discussion with the community down in AUSSIE and they are more than happy to help us in organizing this event.

MDeC has been mandated to work on Open Source Industry to developer the community and as well as the industry to have world renounce developer and inventor to cater the need of Open Source locally and we’re here to built and to work together with everyone.

I would like very much to get your feedback on the matter as i'll be posting more updates on OSDC.MY 2009!!

feel free to drop me a line at rafe@mdec.com.my or post it here.

thank you....

Welcome volunteer……

For more details visit http://foss.org.my/news/osdc.my-2009-malaysia-chapter-2

OSDC.MY 2009 Malaysia Chapter

azsnal — 2010-02-07T18:16:49Z

Dude & Dudet,

MDeC is hoping to organizing a new chapter in Open Source Malaysia, called Open Source Developer Conference (OSDC.MY) somewhere in June 2009 this conference will gather (USER)/(DEVELOPER)/(INDUSTRY) from all over the world a WCIT on Open Source as we want it to be... there would fun, games, competition, hacking, talk, debate and etc... (will post the draft of the agenda soooonnn)

Welcome volunteer……

For more details visit http://foss.org.my/news/osdc.my-2009-malaysia-chapter-1

FOSS.my 2008 is Over!

aizatto — 2010-02-08T07:49:34Z

Holas FOSSers!

It sure has been a while hasn't it? Just two weekends ago, we ran the inaugural FOSS.my conference! Boy it was really Awesome!

This conference was made possible by the kind sponsorships by APIIT, Microsoft, Mixi, Mozilla, Novell, ByteCraft, and Inigo.

What kind of conference would it be without awesome speakers? Do give them a hand!

Do give the organizing team a big thanks. This also goes out to the volunteers who helped during the day, FOSS.my wouldn't have been a
success without you!

How should you thank em? well perhaps email, identi.ca, twiter, leave some grafitti on their wall, or even poke em!

Don't forget to thank yourselves for making this possible. That's right, give yourself a pat on the back, without your support, the energy in the environment wouldn't have been the same.

There was such a great response from the community, that we were largely unprepared for the numbers!

If you were one of the unlucky ones unable to attend the event, do have a look at our gallery . Don't worry, slides and video are going up as soon as possible, so you will hear from me again.

If you happened to take photos, and uploaded them to Flickr, do tag them with "foss.my" and "foss.my 2008", and it'll instantly join the
collection!

I would like to thank you for your patience during the event, as not only was this the first conference I've ever run, but also I was unprepared for the enthusiastic response.

It would be appreciative if you could fill in the feedback form so that we can improve on this fantastic conference, and come back with an even more awesome conference!

So you are probably asking yourself, "what next?"

You've all been asking for it, and they're back. That's right, the MyOSS Meetups! On Thursday, 4th December 2008, FOSS.my delegate
Mohanaraj will be speaking on "Securing your Web API with oAuth".

Want to help the meetups? Have something to talk about? Wanted to present at FOSS.my, but was unable to? Don't worry, just fill out
this form and we'll get back to you!

I have also create a FOSS.my facebook group for upcoming FOSS Malaysia related events

Till next year, see you at FOSS.my 2009.

Hope to see you sooner at a MyOSS Meetup.

Regards,
Ezwan Aizat Bin Abdullah Faiz,
FOSS.my Committee Member

For more details visit http://foss.org.my/events/all/foss.my/foss.my-2008-is-over

ZDNet Asia: Malaysia formally embraces open doc format

kaeru — 2010-02-08T07:46:20Z

The Malaysian government announced plans to adopt open standards and the Open Document Format (ODF) within the country's public sector.

"These discussions centered on open formats, particularly as they relate to office documents, their importance for the current and future accessibility of government records, and the relative 'openness' of the format options available to us," Nor Aliah explained.

The Malaysian Administration Modernization and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU) last week issued a tender for a nine-month study to evaluate the usage of open standards in its information communications technology (ICT) deployment. The study will also look into how the Malaysian public sector should migrate to open standards and the ODF, according to the Malaysia Open Source Software Alliance (MOSSA).

Read full text of article

Source: ZDNet Asia

For more details visit http://foss.org.my/projects/odf-alliance-and-mncc-odfsig/news/malaysia-formally-embraces-open-doc-format

Tidak kepada OOXML sebagai standard ISO

kaeru — 2010-02-08T07:46:20Z

Sokong bantahan "Tidak kepada OOXML sebagai standard ISO"

Sokong bantahan ini di http://www.noooxml.org/petition-my

Saya memohon ahli-ahli ISO untuk mengundi “TIDAK” di dalam undian ISO DIS 29500 (Office OpenXML atau OOXML format) atas sebab-sebab berikut:

Sudah ada standard ISO26300 iaitu Open Document Format (ODF): kewujudan dua standard menambah kos, ketidakpastian dan kekeliruan di kalangan industri, kerajaan dan rakyat;
Belum ada sebarang pelaksanaan terbukti bagi spesifikasi OOXML: Microsoft Office 2007 menghasilkan versi OOXML tersendiri, bukannya sebuah format fail yang menepati spesifikasi OOXML;
Tiada maklumat di dalam dokumen spesifikasi; contohnya bagaimana hendak melakukan autoSpaceLikeWord95 atau useWord97LineBreakRules;
Lebih daripada 10% contoh-contoh yang dinyatakan di dalam standard yang dicadangkan tidak sah sebagai XML;
Tiada jaminan yang sesiapapun dapat membangunkan perisian yang melaksanakan spesifikasi OOXML, sama ada sepenuhnya atau sebahgian daripadanya, tidak akan dikenakan ganti rugi paten atau yuran untuk lesen paten daripada Microsoft;
Cadangan standard ini bercanggah dengan standard ISO yang lain, seperti ISO 8601 (Representation of dates and times), ISO 639 (Codes for the Representation of Names and Languages) atau ISO/IEC 10118-3 (cryptographic hash);
Terdapat pepijat (bug)di dalam format fail hamparan (spreadsheet) yang tidak membenarkan penggunaan tarikh sebelum tahun 1900: pepijat tersebut menjejaskan spesifikasi OOXML serta versi perisian lain seperti Microsoft Excel 2000, XP, 2003 atau 2007.
Cadangan standard ini tidak dibuat dengan mengembeling pengalaman dan kepakaran pihak-pihak lain yang berminat (seperti penerbit, penjual, pembeli, pengguna dan pihak berkuasa), sebaliknya hanya melibatkan Microsoft sahaja.

For more details visit http://foss.org.my/projects/odf-alliance-and-mncc-odfsig/news/tidak-kepada-ooxml-sebagai-standard-iso

"NO" to OOXML as an ISO Standard

kaeru — 2010-02-08T07:46:20Z

Sign the petition to say "NO" to OOXML as an ISO Standard

You can sign the petition here http://www.noooxml.org/

I ask the national members of ISO to vote "NO" in the ballot of ISO DIS 29500 (Office OpenXML or OOXML format) for the following reasons:

There is already a standard ISO26300 named Open Document Format (ODF): a dual standard adds costs, uncertainty and confusion to industry, government and citizens;
There is no provable implementation of the OOXML specification: Microsoft Office 2007 produces a special version of OOXML, not a file format which complies with the OOXML specification;
There is missing information from the specification document, for example how to do a autoSpaceLikeWord95 or useWord97LineBreakRules;
More than 10% of the examples mentioned in the proposed standard do not validate as XML;
There is no guarantee that anybody can write a software that fully or partially implements the OOXML specification without being liable to patent damages or patent license fees by Microsoft;
This standard proposal conflicts with other ISO standards, such as ISO 8601 (Representation of dates and times), ISO 639 (Codes for the Representation of Names and Languages) or ISO/IEC 10118-3 (cryptographic hash);
There is a bug in the spreadsheet file format which forbids to enter any date before the year 1900: such bugs affects the OOXML specification as well as software versions such as Microsoft Excel 2000, XP, 2003 or 2007.
This standard proposal has not been created by bringing together the experience and expertise of all interested parties (such as the producers, sellers, buyers, users and regulators), but by Microsoft alone.

For more details visit http://foss.org.my/projects/odf-alliance-and-mncc-odfsig/news/no-to-ooxml-as-an-iso-standard

MyOSS Meetup July 2006

aizatto — 2010-02-08T07:54:10Z

I would like to thank Jaya Kumar (http://www.intworks.biz) for his wonderful "One Laptop Per Child" (OLPC) presentation at the MyOSS Meetup July 2006. Similarly I would like to thank the audience for attending the meetup.

The next meetup will be held on Thursday August 10th 2006 (http://foss.org.my/projects/meetups/2006-08/meetup) at SEACeM, and we are looking for presentations.

Presentations can be in either Malay or English, as we are looking to bridge the gap between the two communities. So feel free to send
presentation ideas to me.

To learn more about the MyOSS Meetup please see http://foss.org.my/projects/meetups

Thank You,
Aizat Faiz

For more details visit http://foss.org.my/projects/meetups/archive/2006-07/myoss-meetup-july-2006

Malaysian NGOs Launch FTA Campaign Website

kaeru — 2010-02-08T07:46:00Z

On March 8, Malaysia and US officially launched a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) and negotiations on the agreement will be intense in the months ahead as the US is pressing to complete the pact by the end of the year, to take advantage of the US President’s ‘fast track authority’ that ends in mid-2007.

Given the lack of information and public consultation in the on-going talks and the strong likelihood of an imbalanced outcome in the US-Malaysia FTA negotiations, a coalition of Malaysian NGOs held a forum on 25 March to launch a campaign calling upon the government to put on hold the negotiations until a comprehensive Cost-Benefit assessment is done.

For more information about this initiative, please refer to a new website – www.ftamalaysia.org – which has been set up to help disseminate information and raise public awareness on the Malaysia-US FTA, as well as other FTAs with which Malaysia is involved.

For more details visit http://foss.org.my/projects/us-my-free-trade-agreement-issues/malaysian-ngos-launch-fta-campaign-website

Looking for Plone translators

kaeru — 2010-02-08T07:46:02Z

Looking for Plone translators Adakah anda seorang pelajar yang ingin belajar dan membantu projek FOSS?
Are you a student who wants to get an easy introduction towards contributing to FOSS?

Kami perlu pertolongan untuk menterjemahkan CMS Plone kepada bahasa Melayu (MS).
We need your help to translate Plone CMS to Malay (ms).

Please contact khairil.yusof@gmail.com or kaeru on #myoss irc channel.

For more details visit http://foss.org.my/projects/localisation/plone/looking-for-plone-translators

UPM FOSS Club Joins FOSSFM

aizatto — 2010-02-08T07:46:04Z

The first ever sister site for FOSSFM opens.

Press Inquiries:
Aizat Faiz

Phone: xxx

Email: aizat.faiz@gmail.com

(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- April 2nd, 2006) Student efforts at University Putra Malaysia have begun, and their FOSS club has opened up a site http://upm.foss.org.my.

"The creation of this FOSS clubs, shows that there is an active interest by students in learning more about Free and Open Source Software. The open and collaborative nature of FOSS provides additional avenues for aquiring and sharing knowledge for students, which were previously denied to them due to the restrictions and costs of proprietary software", said Master Yoda, the current chairman of FOSSFM.

"By using FOSS, I had acesss to the source code and technical help from the worldwide FOSS technical community", said codept, a student of UPM. The excited student also added, "I could use all the features of an advanced database such as PostgreSQL for my project, which I could use freely on my own PC. Several senior local and international developers shared with me advanced ideas when on my project!".

The UPM FOSS club hopes to help facilitate more support to students through by holding regular meetins and inviting leading local developers to present and mentor them for projects throught the support of FOSSFM. Already over 100 students have joined the new club. Not only are the students learning new skills on software that are current market leaders in technology and innovation, but the FOSS software skills increase their marketability and chances of emploment upon graduation.

"FOSS allow students to reuse their skills without the added costs of acquring expensive proprietary software. This only increases their value to employers, furthermore the collaborative and open nature of FOSS and their involvement in FOSS communities advertises their skills to employers who are also using the same software", said Khairil Yusof a developer at a local FOSS company. He further added involvement in FOSS, allows students to better understand concepts that prepare them to use a variety of tools.

"The ability to understand the basic concepts and use of multiple software tools are the skills that employers are looking for."

Local proprietary software representatives declined to comment. A chair however was thrown through the window of the companies and foul expletives were heard regarding how they will kill FOSS.

FOSSFM stated that plans are currently in place to support 10 more universities and students throughout Malaysia.

About Free and Open Source Software

Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) is software whose licenses give users the freedom to run the software for any purpose, to study and modify the software and to redistribute and share copies of either the original or modified software without the permissions or royalties to previous developers. These freedoms permits sustainaible and rapid development by providing access to software technology and innovation for Malaysians.

About Free and Open Source Software Foundation Malaysia

Free and Open Source Software Foundation Malaysia (FOSSFM) was founded to cater specifically to the needs of the Malaysian Free and Open Source Software community. FOSSFM advocates the use and benefits of Free and Open Source Software to academic, government and civil society by facilitating support of community initiatives and projects.

For more details visit http://foss.org.my/projects/universities/university-putra-malaysia/fossfm-sister-site-upm

Linux Professional Institute Certification Examinations

kaeru — 2010-02-08T07:46:01Z

FOSSFM sucessfully organised Linux certification examinations for students and working professionals.

Press Inquiries:

Ditesh Kumar

Email: ditesh@gathani.org

(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- March 3, 2006)

FOSSFM organised had our third community LPI exam on the 25th off March 2006. We had 13 people from the community take the exam. Two more exams with 31candidates from training institutions will be taking the exam too.

Many thanks to Dr. Nah for proctoring the exam and helping with the organization of the exam, Ang Chin Han and Azrin from Bytecraft for
generously providing for the exam venue and other members of our community for their time, effort and help for making this work.

We hope to have a fourth exam soon, possibly in July. If you are interested in taking any of the available LPIC exams, do send an email to ditesh@gathani.org

About Free and Open Source Software

Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) is softare whose licenses give users the freedom to run the software for any purpose, to study and modify the software and to redistribute and share copies of either the original or modified software without the permissions or royalties to previous developers. These freedoms permits sustainaible and rapid development by providing access to software technology and innovation for Malaysians.

About FOSSFM

About Linux Professional Institute Certifcations

The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) serves the community of Linux and open source software users vendors and developers, in the interest of increasing and supporting professional use of such software throughout world. LPI will seek to improve the skills and resources of Linux and open source professionals, by providing services and setting standards which are relevant, of high quality and widely accessible.

For more details visit http://foss.org.my/projects/lpi/news/lpi-certification-examinations-march-25th-2006