Very good writing indeed. Some points: *) I would also add Megabyte to the list of supporters *) Mention the suggested use of locally developed OSS as a better tool in the education system for both very young Maltese students as well as undergrad students of the new Faculty of Information and Communication Technology *) Supporting local communities fosters innovations closest to home
I believe these points were mentioned during the AGM. Anywone correct me if I am wrong. On 10/30/07, Keith Vassallo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear All, > > The following letter is being considered for publication in THE TIMES > following article by Peter Serracino Inglott. Please let me know what you > think before we send it off. > > On a slightly related note, the minutes of the AGM should be posted soon > by Anton (our new Secretary :) ) on this list and the MLUG website. > > Rgds, > > Keith > (PRO) > > Peter Serracino Inglotts' article "ICT is an election issue" (sunday > 28th october 2007) was rather refreshing to the Malta Linux Users Group > (MLUG). That a person who is considered by many Maltese an academic > 'elder' speaks so frankly about Open Source Software (OSS) is > revitalising for an organisation who's members often feel alienated by > young officials who seem oblivious to the global reality that is OSS. > MLUG particularly welcomes the idea of an "Open Source Laboratory" as a > public-private partnership partially funded through public funds. Yet, > MLUG feels it needs to point out that there are many more local > companies today, then there might be foreign members of SmartCity > tomorrow, that would benefit from such a lab. Malta is quickly becoming > a leader in providing IT offshore services and OSS is one of the many > means to foster innovation in this area as a community. To this effect > the MLUG, with the support of 2X and GO, already runs a mirror service > (mirror.linux.org.mt) that anyone using Linux in Malta can benefit from. > This contribution from our part, small as it might be, is the kind of > collaborative environment we want to build for our ICT industry. In > order to make "ICT as universally accessible as possible" a > collaborative approach is essential. OSS allows even the smallest player > to participate in this collaboration, and is therefore good for Malta's > emerging ICT industry. An ICT scenario dominated by very few > monopolistic big-players does not allow much space, or an equal footing > for, smaller players, and therefore, might not be the best strategy for > Malta. The MLUG, therefore, urges all ICT policy makers to, not only > heed Peter Serracino Inglott's advice about "doing more in order to > encourage Open Source", but to go further and make Open Source an > integral part of their ICT policy. > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >
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