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The Ministry of Information and Communication currently is appraising open source software for IT projects in Vietnam. From the article: The council will then choose an open source operating system, browser, email programme, and other necessary products. (Source: VietNamNet) Read more here -> Council considers IT needed software Cross-posted at:  … [Read more...] about Vietnam Ministry Appraises Open Source Software

Thanks to Tracy Reed for forwarding this story. 2008 could be the Year of Linux and Open Source Technology adoption in Vietnam. As the story points out, more and more government agencies and companies are beginning to replace more costly Window's software with more affordable, higher quality open source equivalents. Excerpt from VietnamNet Bridge: As Vietnam is … [Read more...] about Opportunities for open source software in Vietnam

Here are a couple of very interesting pictures I took with my iPhone last week here in Saigon.  While I was teaching at SaigonTech, one of my students showed me a copy of the Ubuntu install LiveCD.  I was a bit surprised to see my student with it.  Got to give Ubuntu a big thumbs up for sending these LiveCDs to Vietnam :-) (Student with Ubuntu LiveCD) About 4 hours later, I … [Read more...] about Linux in Vietnam

The iPhone has been unlocked again.  Yeah :-) Oh, wait a minute, I am selling my iPhone soon.  Maybe I will wait to add the new firmware first :-) See Article here ->  iPhoneSIMFree Releases First 1.1.1 SIM Unlock … [Read more...] about iPhone unlocked AGAIN :-)

Well, FPT's  reputation for poor quality service seems to have returned.  For many of us who live in the outlying districts of Saigon, getting connected to the Internet has been extremely difficult for the last week.  We could surf the web one minute and then get a "Server Not Found" error the next.  This problem seems just isolated outside of District 1, 3, 5, and 10.  I … [Read more...] about FPT Capacity Issues