Is Size Everything?
I was brought up to this article ‘Microsoft to power halal industry ICT system‘ by Yoon Kit.
Ok…keyword: Microsoft, lets continue.
The system, to be called the Malaysian International Halal Hub Open XML System, will be based on the Open XML document standard, according to Microsoft Malaysia general manager Yasmin Mahmood.
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However, Yasmin said, Microsoft is keen to get the Halal Hub project going as soon as is practical.
My take, they want an OpenXML implementation as soon as possible as it’ll look good in their book.
“We went with Microsoft as a partner for this project because it is the largest software company in the world and it has the resources to help make the project a success,” he (HDC chairman Tan Seri Syed Jalaludin Syed Salim) said.
Not a smart choice. Just because they are ‘big’ doesn’t meet it equates to the best choice. Windows Vista is just taking off, and it is littered with problems. Not including the long delay. If you want, forget the software, but internally as well. Just Google it up.
Bill Gates may go around and say “We’ve sold 40 million licenses“. But I bet that take into account licenses sold by OEM, through Laptops and normal machines. And people are buying more machines now than they did when Windows XP was released.
On a side note, can the FOSS capacity in Malaysia provide better services?
Or am I just paranoid?
