the whole thing is stupid.... oppsss... sorry, since we are on a public mailing list, let me rephrase that "a decision that could have been better made if a more informed and open consultative process with the industry had been made"
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 9:28 PM, Hanxue Lee <leehan...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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/ > -- 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/
