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On 22 April 2012 20:11, Harisfazillah Jamel <linuxmalay...@gmail.com> wrote: > It is an embarrassment. I was among those who suggested Linux open > source years ago. I had almost forgotten about it > > http://pinterest.com/pin/249035054364968691/ > > --- > > Speech By Tun Dr Mahathir Bin Mohamad At The Inaugural Launch Of > OSDC.my And Open Source Industry Global Linkage At Berjaya Times > Square Monday, 1 June, 2009 > > -------------- > > Archive in Facebook. OSDC.my Discussion Group In Facebook. > > http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information > > and https://www.facebook.com/groups/osdcmalaysia > > Speech By Tun Dr Mahathir Bin Mohamad At The Inaugural Launch Of > OSDC.my And Open Source Industry Global Linkage At Berjaya Times > Square Monday, 1 June, 2009 > > https://www.facebook.com/groups/osdcmalaysia/doc/295831823828588/ > > Pictures > > https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.85203478545.85004.80292283545 > > -------------- > > Origin > > http://library.perdana.org.my/Speech_dmm/speech/2009/DMM20090601.pdf > > SPEECH BY > > TUN DR MAHATHIR BIN MOHAMAD > > AT THE INAUGURAL LAUNCH OF OSDC.MY > > AND OPEN SOUCE INDUSTRY GLOBAL LINKAGE > > AT BERJAYA TIMES SQUARE > > MONDAY, 1 JUNE, 2009 > > ———————— > > > > 1. Firstly I would like to thank OSDC.my for inviting me to > this dinner and also to talk on a subject about which I cannot claim > to know much. > > 2. I am 84 years of age, too old to learn new things. It is > an embarrassment. I was among those who suggested Linux open source > years ago. I had almost forgotten about it. And now you tell me you > have an Open Source Development Club here in Malaysia. I read your > brief Charter on OSDC.my. I must admit I can hardly understand it. > > 3. You talk in an entirely new language which I have > difficulty in understanding. This is made worse by the frequent use > of acronyms which I always fail to remember what they represent. > > 4. I am amazed at the use of such words and terms like Foxie, > Ubuntu, GNU, Perl, Ruby, Phyton, Fedora and many others, which are > the names of animals, precious stones and clothing – it goes to show > that technology creators can be whimsical and relate to the mundane > and the ordinary. How else can a sophisticated thing like a computer > be called Apple. Then you have search engines called Yahoo and > Google. > > 5. But the speed of progress in the information age is > mind-boggling if we take for example the development of the telephone. > The cellular phone which initially was to be a replacement for a > limited range radio phone is today a computer, a calculator, a TV and > Internet receiver and dispatcher, a camera and about everything else > that we can imagine an electronic equipment can do. Its range now > covers the whole globe, and the sound is fantastically clear. It once > saved a man’s life from a tiger attack because he could call for help > with his versatile cellular phone. I would have been eaten by the > tiger because I don’t carry my cellular. I depend on my staff. > > 6. The knowledge that we can access through the computer are > limitless. It is said that we can study for a post graduate degree > simply by owning a computer. Though not computer-savvy I have found > the computer invaluable for verifying historical facts and data about > almost any event that had taken place centuries ago or yesterday. > > 7. But like all things available to men, knowledge and its > acquisition can be for evil as much as for the good. The blogs for > example can be used to demonize people, scare and frighten them and > create panic. The SMS can be used for similar purposes. > > 8. But we know how useful they can be for making the truth > known and for individuals to air their views and feelings freely. > > 9. I was told by some people a long time ago that when we use > the Internet, whatever you do or write would be recorded in some far > away place. There is no secrecy. Since the Government was using the > Internet a lot, it was frightening to think that some foreign persons > would know all our so-called confidential records and correspondence. > > 10. Being naïve I suggested that we develop our own operating > system. I think a lot of savvy Government staff tried hard but got > nowhere. There apparently is no bypassing the Internet. > > 11. Then some started talking about Linux, about open source. > This opened up a lot of mind-boggling use of the computer. Seems that > everyone can develop software etc. etc. > > 12. At that stage I gave up. > > 13. Now you are telling me about the Global Open Source > development Club. I do not think I am qualified to be a member. > > 14. Still I appreciate the expertise and the knowledge that > comes with it. > > 15. I was in Korea a few days back and I was amazed at this > one-time hermit nation which has made use of modern technology to > achieve what I would call wonders which changed its image completely. > Korea has the biggest percentage of people who are computer savvy. > They have trained a huge member of IT engineers so that Samsung, a > name we have only recently become familiar with is now technologically > as advanced as Sony Corporation. > > 16. Under the Look East policy we have a number of young > Malaysians studying engineering in Korea. One of them had recently > topped the class despite having to listen to lectures in Korean but > read textbooks in English. > > 17. Japan’s development was very fast but the Koreans are > faster. Japan started its modernization during the Meiji Period more > than 100 years ago. Korea started to modernize only after World War > II. For the Koreans Japan is the benchmark. They want to hit the > benchmark, even go beyond it to become the benchmark for the world. I > think we can use Korea as a benchmark. > > 18. I have always believed that we can do what others can do. > When I asked the girl who topped the class, she had a simple answer > for me. “Malaysia Boleh” she said. > > 19. So we can. We can do what the Koreans or the Japanese can > do. All we need really is determination and the willingness to learn > and do things repeatedly until we master them. If we fail the first > time we must try again, and again and again. Believe me in the end > you will succeed. > > 20. I may not be computer savvy but I believe the sum total of > my knowledge today is far more than what it was before the Internet, > Yahoo and Google. > > 21. I bought an Encyclopedia Britannica computer disc. How > silly. Yahoo and Google can give me more information than the > Encyclopedias. And accessing the info is easier also. Truly nobody > should plead ignorance about anything now as you can get to know > things via the computer. > > 22. So my congratulation to the OSDC.my. Keep on enlarging > your circle and all your knowledge and ideas for the open source. > Malaysia cannot but benefit from it. > > > ---- > > Archive > > > http://osdc.harisfazillah.info/2012/04/speech-by-tun-dr-mahathir-bin-mohamad.html > > -- > Call For Speakers MOSC2012 > > MOSC2012 CFS http://portal.mosc.my/call-for-speakers > > Malaysia Open Source Conference 2012 (MOSC2012) > http://portal.mosc.my/ > > LinuxMalaysia Network > http://www.facebook.com/Bukan.Sekadar.Internet.Sahaja > > Harisfazillah Jamel > > -- > To unsubscribe from and detail about this group > http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information > > OSDC.my Discussion Group In Facebook > http://www.facebook.com/groups/osdcmalaysia/ > > Malaysia Open Source Conference 2012 > MOSC2012 http://portal.mosc.my/ > -- *** Together Protecting The Future Environment ** Please consider reading this email on-screen rather than printing. Should situation unavoidable, use recycled-paper. 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