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Malaysian policy prefers open source
Lee Min Keong, Aug 02 2004
Kuala Lumpur: Its official. The Malaysian government has unveiled a master plan which effectively institutionalises preference for open source software (OSS) procurement in the public sector.
Released to the public in mid-July, the Malaysian Public Sector Open Source Software Master Plan states that in situations where advantages and disadvantages of OSS and proprietary software are equal, preference shall be given to OSS.
Drafted by the Government IT and Internet Committee (GITIC), the master plan also states that OSS procurement should be based on merits, value for money, transparency, security and interoperability.
The master plan sets targets such as having 60% of all new servers able to run OSS operating systems, 30% of office infrastructurelike e-mail, DNS, proxy serverson OSS, and 20% of school computer labs to have OSS applications such as productivity suites.
The targets are to be achieved by next year.
The move by the government is seen as a boost for the open source movement and a blow for proprietary software companies such as Microsoft.
During a visit to Malaysia last month, a high-ranking Microsoft official stated that the company opposes any policy that institutionalises procurement preference for the open source platform.
Peter Moore, general manager for public sector, Microsoft Asia Pacific, had said it was unfortunate that a policy to support OSS is being confused with a procurement policy.
Microsoft Malaysia officials were not available to comment.
When asked about such concerns, Chief Secretary to the Government Samsudin Osman reiterated that the government was committed to the masterplan and suggested that suppliers would have to follow its lead.
Samsudin was speaking to the media at the launch of the Open Source Competency Centre, which serves as the focal point of all OSS-related activities in Malaysia.
Currently, 54 government agencies are using OSS, mostly applications such as browsers, e-mail clients, file and print servers, firewalls, domain name servers and application servers, according to Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (Mampu).
Only 10% are using OSS desktop applications such as productivity suites and operating systems, said Mampu Director-General Nazariah Mohd Khalid.
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