Promoting ODF (OpenDocument Format),Bob Sutor (IBM VP for Open Source and Standards) speaking in Malaysia
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Bob Sutor, the IBM Vice President for Open Source and Standards, will be speaking in Malaysia on open source and open standards. He will be speaking in two places, first at the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers on the 19th April 2007 on "Opening Up Your Business Software: Why and When". This talk would be of interest to CEOs in the non-technical industries, or in other words, business owners. Do note that registration is mandatory. Click here for more information and to register. The abstract of the talk is as follows:
Businesses today will be using both forms of software to deploy the most cost-effective and flexible solutions to serve their customers and to maintain their competitive edge and more importantly, to differentiate. The only way to get true interoperability and these potential cost savings inside your company and with your partners and customers is to use true open standards. Your new office applications will depend on them. Your businesses will depend on them. So will your competitors.
Bob will also be speaking at a talk organized by the "Malaysian Free and Open Source Society" on Friday, 20th April 2007 at the Open University Malaysia Campus in Angkasa Raya building (beside KLCC -- Kuala Lumpur City Centre) on "The Shift to 'Open': Boost or Brakes for Innovation and Business". This talk would be of interest to those involved in the ICT industries (CEO, CTO's, software developers, technical managers and technology entrepreneurs should attend the talk). A panel discussion will follow after this talk. There is no registration required for this talk and more information is available here.
Leading ICT companies worldwide are moving towards open standards and open source. Open source is making significant headway into areas that were once the stronghold of proprietary software. Is this a fad or a genuine change in the IT industry? How will this affect your development practices and the skills that you need to acquire? Will we see more or less innovation as a result of greater cross-company and cross-border sharing of information formats and software source code? This talk will discuss the background motivating these questions and provide options as to their answers, as well as how things will shake out over the next five years.
Both talks are free so come early and enjoy yourself!
I truly enjoyed Bob Sutor's talk last night, fighting in between slides to keep my global time-zone oriented eyes open thru the gruesome details of the standards and future. And i finally get to meet up with the faces behind flamboyant sounding names such as Ditesh 'Cassini', Aizat and YoonKit.
I also enjoyed the 'open and free (paid for)' last supper together later at Pelita's.
I had breakfast with Bob earlier here http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1719857&forum_id=611167
Now i am hungry again.
Peace!
red1
Posted by: Redhuan D. Oon | Saturday, 21 April 2007 at 11:45 AM
Bob on his KL trip: http://www.sutor.com/newsite/blog-open/index.php?p=1536
Posted by: Hasan | Saturday, 21 April 2007 at 10:05 PM
Bob's talk is up online on GooTube:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=53706887793261409&hl=en
Enjoy! :)
Posted by: Ditesh | Thursday, 26 April 2007 at 11:37 AM
Bob also presented to a Malaysian Public Sector audience during his trip -- topic was "Open" ICT Trends And Predictions: http://opensource.mampu.gov.my/documentation/Perkongsian/20070419-malaysia-2.pdf
There is a video of that presentation I am working to get hold of -- I will put it up in a separate post.
The Public Sector event that Bob presented at had another speaker, Dr. Nah Soo Hoe who spoke on "Open Stadards: What They Are And How They Complement FOSS": http://opensource.mampu.gov.my/documentation/Perkongsian/openstds-foss-complement.pdf
Posted by: Hasan | Tuesday, 05 June 2007 at 11:48 AM