Its a waste of taxpayer money. I do not see a need to develop a service (email) which is already well established in the private sector.
The article did say "Najib disclosed today the email account will allow direct and secure communication between the public and the government, and is part of a new one-stop web portal for government services." To give the benefit of doubt, perhaps its an initiative to have a one-stop solution for Malaysian citizens to interact with its government, similar to Singapore's e-Citizen http://www.ecitizen.gov.sg/ ? Best regards, Hanxue On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 8:01 PM, darXness darXness <darxl...@gmail.com>wrote: > phew...50m.... > > even we have paperwork,proposal,manpower and all things,will they > trust us?that job already taken by tricubes.and i cant thing one way > to prevent this.we already have OSDC,but even OSDC is under gov sector > (sorry if i mistake about this),already deploy so much FLOSS server > inside gov sector,n they look like we doesnt exist. > > maybe someone should poke "him"..... > > if i got that job,50m.....i will _____.:D > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Boh Yap <bhy...@gmail.com> wrote: > > hi, all you FLOSS guys out there, > > > > > http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/1-malaysia-email-provider-tricubes-at-risk-of-delisting/ > > > > the above article "Tricubes Bhd’s RM50 million contract to develop the > > 1 Malaysia email service could be the financial lifeline of the > > information technology firm which is at risk of being delisted..." > > > > The 1 Malaysia Mail Server is meant to provide secure email services > > to Malaysians for their dealings with the government, and to counter > > the fact that a lot of the free email accounts are hosted on servers > > outside of Malaysia, and hence expose the data.... > > > > 50M to 'develop' a 'secure' email server for Malaysians to use?? > > > > And they are going to use MS technology to do it ??! > > > > <quote> > > The Malaysia Insider understands that the 1 Malaysia email service > > will be using software from Microsoft, the company that now owns the > > free Hotmail account service that has been eclipsed by another free > > email provider, Google Inc. > > </quote> > > > > <quote> > > The 1 Malaysia email service is part of Najib’s Economic > > Transformation Programme (ETP) to achieve developed nation status by > > 2020. He said today the RM50 million investment will have a gross > > national income (GNI) impact of RM39 million up to 2015 and will > > enhance delivery of public services. > > </quote> > > > > Well, well, well..... something funny is going on. > > There are perfectly good FLOSS email software, crypto tools etc... and > > we (among OSDC) certainly have the manpower & skills to implement and > > deploy such solutions. > > > > Even if a 'bunch of FLOSS' developers cannot do so immediately, giving > > funding to the community will allow them to build the skills and > > knowledge within 1 year, to do so; and have that knowledge shared and > > benefiting a larger community rather than 1 single company! > > > > And can we do this with 1m, no problem! Even if you spend another 1-5m > > for HW ( 1m will buy about 160 or 4 racks full of 1u servers, which > > is enough to build a decent cloud...), and even if we DOUBLE all those > > numbers, that figure won't go anywhere near 50m! > > > > A quick look at their website, <http://www.tricubes.com> shows they > > are using IIS-6.0, not exactly a very secure option. A quick google > > found this bit: > > > > > http://cyberinsecure.com/microsoft-iis6-vulnerability-exposes-websites-sensitive-files-and-passwords/ > > > > <quote> > > Microsoft IIS6 Vulnerability Exposes Website’s Sensitive Files And > Passwords > > > > Security experts are urging administrators using Microsoft’s Internet > > Information Services version 6 to exercise extreme care following the > > discovery that the popular web server is vulnerable to a simple attack > > that exposes password-protected files and folders. > > ... > > </quote> > > > > and they have a shopping cart running on the site, on IIS 6.0?, I hope > not. > > > > > > Would you trust your data with MS?? I won't. > > > > What do the rest of you guys say? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > IIS 6.0 > > > > > > > > -- > > #------- > > regds, > > > > Boh Heong, Yap > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from and detail about this group > http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information > > > > MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 and http://www.mosc.my/ > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from and detail about this group > http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information > > MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 and http://www.mosc.my/ > -- To unsubscribe from and detail about this group http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 and http://www.mosc.my/
