Re: [native-lang] [Fwd: (fwd) Urgent: Organizations using open source]
Art - Arthit Suriyawongkul <[email protected]>
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LIBERATION TECHNOLOGY for the lands of diversity? Free Software in Asia by Frederick Noronha http://www.maailma.kaapeli.fi/asia.html has some stories for Asia. > Jacqueline wrote: > > Forwarded from Debian debconf5-event-owner and debian-edu lists. > > > > They need references urgently. Anyone able to assist? > > > > All the best > > Jacqueline McNally > > Lead, OpenOffice.org Marketing Project > > > > ----- Forwarded message ----- > > > > Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 09:50:33 +0500 > > From: Sufyan Kakakhel <[email protected]> > > Reply-To: Sufyan Kakakhel <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Urgent: Organizations using open source > > X-CRM114-Version: 20050415.BlameTheIRS ( TRE 0.7.2 (GPL) ) MF-DAE15AAC > > [pR: 2.4408] > > X-CRM114-Status: Good ( pR: 2.4408 ) > > X-UiO-Spam-info: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=0.275, required 12, > > autolearn=disabled, AWL 0.20, FORGED_RCVD_HELO 0.05, > > RCVD_BY_IP 0.02) > > > > We (Open source resource center of Pakistan )just came to know about a > > government project of automation for which a government department > > was about to buy proprietary software worth Rs. 10 million. > > > > We interfered, and requested the ministry to stop the procurement > > process, and go for an open source operating system and office suite, > > The member IT, a pro open source official directed the said department > > to adopt open source solutions to the maximum possible extant. > > > > The said department is hesitant and putting different objections. > > Now they say, please give us some success stories of some > > organizations where open source (linux as operating system) has been > > deployed on desktop level. > > > > Any one of you, who is aware of any such organization please forward > > me the names of organizations, with a contact point, phone numbers/ > > emails etc. ASAP.. > > > > Sufyan Kakakhel > > Islamabad, Pakistan. -- :: Art / Arthit Suriyawongkul :: http://siit.net/members/art/ | http://bact.blogspot.com/ -- Thai Wikipedia -- Free Encyclopedia http://th.wikipedia.org/