MSC Malaysia Encourages Malaysian

Companies to Make Change to Open Source

Jun 30th, 2010 | By suzanne | Category: Events

By Rani Wemel, Techistan correspondent.

MSC Malaysia Open Source Conference 2010 brings together the foremost thinkers and industry leaders in the
open source movement to share how open source software can boost Malaysia’s global competitiveness.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – June 29, 2010 – Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC), the driver of the MSC
Malaysia national ICT initiative, is encouraging Malaysian companies to adopt open source software as a means to
raise productivity and efficiency, lower costs and improve their competitiveness in global markets.

Towards achieving this transformation MDeC, MAMPU (needs to be in full) and the Open Source Developers Club
Malaysia (OSDC.my) have jointly organized the MSC Malaysia Open Source Conference (MOSC) 2010 that
opened today at Berjaya Times Square.

The open source movement has seen strong growth in emerging economies that are enhancing their
competitiveness by allowing their markets freedom of choice in software usage. Malaysia stands out among these
nations because of its well-organized open source community and government support across all levels of the open
source movement. In 2009, MSC Malaysia Status companies in the open source industry generated local revenues
of over RM595 million, export revenues of over RM234 million and employed 6,206 ICT knowledge workers.

“2010 is Malaysia’s Year of Innovation and this means more than only creating new and original products, services
and solutions. To truly embrace an innovation culture, Malaysian companies must explore new ways of empowering
their people, improving their business processes, and refining their management. Open source software is a pillar
that can support Malaysia’s innovation-led transformation into a high-income economy,” said MDeC CEO Datuk
Badlisham Ghazali speaking at the opening of MOSC 2010.

“While vendor-based software delivers a ‘closest-fit’ solution to the ICT needs of Malaysian companies, open source
software can be customized to deliver further refinements and greater efficiencies,” Badlisham elaborated, saying
that this was in addition to the more familiar advantages of open source software: lower costs, improved security,
rapid bug fixing and freedom from vendor lock-in.

The open source movement also benefits Malaysian software developers who study open source codes for
understanding into the inner workings of large-scale software solutions. Furthermore, the open source community
provides these programmers with access to an unrivaled pool of talent and experience from which to develop their
skills. “The highly skilled knowledge workers emerging from the open source community will be essential engines of
Malaysia’s future growth and development,” said Badlisham.

MSC Malaysia has continued to support the Malaysian open source industry through a range of initiatives,
programmes and events. These address the need for the education of open source developers, knowledge sharing
among professionals, R&D into new open source innovations, and marketing of open source software and
development expertise. Some of the MSC Malaysia activities that support the open source movement are:

1. conducting the Java Education and Development Initiative (JEDI) program in collaboration with SUN
Microsystems, establishing the Open Source Lab at MSC Malaysia Incubator Centre in MMU Cyberjaya, launching
PHPAcade.my and PHPMarketplace in partnership with Microsoft and PHP.net.my

2. co-organising the industry’s MSC Malaysia Open Source Conference, and

3. partnering with MAMPU for Malaysian Government Open Source Software Conference.

Themed “Making the Change,” MOSC 2010 will feature 22 talks, 34 tutorial sessions over 3 days, and 16
demonstration booths showcasing open source technologies from Microsoft, Novell, Redhat and 20 MSC Malaysia
Status companies.

About MSC Malaysia

MSC Malaysia is the national Information and Communication Technology (ICT) initiative spearheaded by the
Malaysian Government to develop and promote the ICT industry. A test-bed for the global ICT industry, MSC
Malaysia provides a conducive enabling environment designed to facilitate companies to harness their full potential.

With its ideal business environment coupled with availability of talent resources, MSC Malaysia has attracted
participation from major global ICT companies to develop and host their leading-edge technologies in the designated
MSC Malaysia Cybercities. MSC Malaysia also provides the ideal growth environment for Malaysian ICT SMEs to
transform themselves into world-class companies.

Steering the development of this initiative is Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) a government
implementation agency set up as a company to drive the MSC Malaysia vision of an innovation-led, knowledge-rich
and progressive society and nation. For more information, please go to www.mscmalaysia.my

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