Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on July 23, 2003 03:48 PM
The above article on FOSS activities in Asia (especially about Korea) is vastly exaggerated. As I am Korean and have been this field for over 6 years, I know what's going on in Korea.
The professor who is interviewed did almost nothing regarding the real FOSS stuffs. For normal FOSS users in Korea, 99% of real activities are done in amature base. Ask that professor exactly what did he did in the "real world". The biggest & well-organized FOSS activitists do not have time to travel abroad to join overseas conference.
I understand the reporter don't have chance to meet more people but please do not mislead the readers that that single person is the most active/important one. It's kind of marketing hype.
Please understand my English is broken but I want to stress that the article is very discouraging to people who have been working/promoting FOSS for long time who did not get any support as the professor/officer do.
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FOSS status in Korea & Japan
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on July 23, 2003 03:48 PMThe professor who is interviewed did almost nothing regarding the real FOSS stuffs. For normal FOSS users in Korea, 99% of real activities are done in amature base. Ask that professor exactly what did he did in the "real world". The biggest & well-organized FOSS activitists do not have time to travel abroad to join overseas conference.
I understand the reporter don't have chance to meet more people but please do not mislead the readers that that single person is the most active/important one. It's kind of marketing hype.
Please understand my English is broken but I want to stress that the article is very discouraging to people who have been working/promoting FOSS for long time who did not get any support as the professor/officer do.
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