[ossig] An Introduction

[Ezwan Aizat Bin Abdullah Faiz]

Hi Peter,

On Sun, 2007-05-06 at 22:18 +0800, Peter Butler wrote:
> Hi All
> 
> I met some of the members of this list the other night at Jaya Kumar's 
> fascinating presentation about the OLPC project, but I'd like to 
> introduce myself to the list in general (if it's not a breach of list 
> etiquette - if it is please let me know and I'll shut up!).
Thanks for coming by, and its not a breach in etiquette.

> I'm an independent software developer from New Zealand, about four 
> months ago I moved to Malaysia with my family to settle here long-term.  
> I use free/libre/open-source software in all of my work.  I'm a Python 
> programmer, mostly doing web development for companies in New Zealand 
> and Australia, although in the past I did J2EE and Java/SWT for 
> investment banks and insurance companies in the UK (a memory I'm trying 
> hard to suppress).
> 
> I try to contribute to open-source projects but being an independent 
> developer I need to pay the bills first so my contribution is generally 
> limited to documentation, bug reports and helping out on forums.  Here's 
> one of the projects I'm building for a customer at the moment:  
> http://www.iworldpeople.com
> 
> I'm interested in all aspects of free and open-source software, and 
> especially in making collaborative and distributed development work in 
> practice.  I'm also interested in the way free/open-source software 
> changes the way people view work and collaboration, and in the potential 
> for these ideas to permeate the rest of society - not just us techies. 
+1
 
> It's been good to see the increasing coverage of free and open-source 
> projects in the Malaysian media recently.
?

> I run Ubuntu 7.04 on my desktop and laptop and Debian on the servers I 
> administer.
Awesome another Ubuntu fan!

> I've also been known to iSwear at the OSX iBox that my wife 
> iUses.
OSX isn't that bad..

> If anybody has any questions about the free/open-source scene in New 
> Zealand or would like to know anything about New Zealand in general I'd 
> be happy to help out.
>From your perception, how does the New Zealand FOSS scene compare to
Malaysia?  More active contributors, or developers.  More women using
it?  More government using it.

Offtopic:
New Zealand has implemented e Government Web Guidlines
( http://www.e.govt.nz/standards/web-guidelines/ ).  Though they are
'recommendations' how many people attempt to adhere to it?  Do people
take it seriously?

If you'd like to ask any questions about the local scene, just shoot.

Regards,
Aizat

>   Thanks for reading.
Np :)

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