[Ubuntu-SG] Requesting help on Open Source research

[Ganesh Bhat]

Hi Loong Jin,

I have received a reply from FOSA Site Admin.

Thanks for the information. Will surely try out the below email address if  there are no further replies.



Thanks & Regards,

Ganesh Bhat,                                                                                                                                                  
Global MBA - IT Management, 
S P Jain Center Of Management
Email : ganesh.gapr10 at spjain.org





-----Original Message-----
From: Chow Loong Jin [mailto:hyperair at gmail.com] 
Sent: 12 February 2011 21:18
To: Ganesh Bhat
Cc: ubuntu-sg at lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-SG] Requesting help on Open Source research

Hi Ganesh,

I forgot to mention, but FOSA also has a mailing list -- discuss at fosa.sg. If you don't get a reply, you could try sending a mail to that mailing list as well.
Subscription to the list can be done at
http://fosa.sg/mailman/listinfo/discuss_fosa.sg

Kind regards,
Loong Jin

On Saturday 12,February,2011 12:20 PM, Ganesh Bhat wrote:
> Hi Loong Jin,
> 
> Thanks for the information.
> 
> I will be more clear in my communication with them as I already have a 
> list of questions that they can answer. I will send across the 
> questionnaire to the contact that you have provided.
> 
> I have sent a mail through the 'Contact Us' feature on fosa.sg and 
> hope to receive some feedback soon.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Ganesh Bhat,                                                                                                                                                  
> Global MBA - IT Management,
> S P Jain Center Of Management
> Email : ganesh.gapr10 at spjain.org
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chow Loong Jin [mailto:hyperair at gmail.com]
> Sent: 11 February 2011 22:40
> To: Ganesh Bhat
> Cc: ubuntu-sg at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-SG] Requesting help on Open Source research
> 
> On Friday 11,February,2011 08:07 PM, Ganesh Bhat wrote:
>> I am Ganesh Bhat, student of S P Jain Center of Management, Singapore 
>> and currently pursuing my Global MBA in IT Management.
> 
> Hi Ganesh,
> 
> Nice to meet you. I'm Loong Jin, a member of Ubuntu SG and current president of the NTU Open Source Society.
> 
>> As part of the course I am doing a research on "State of Open Source" 
>> in Singapore Government, Educational Institute and NGO's.
>>
>> It would be great if you could please share information on the usage 
>> of Open Source Software that are being used in Singapore Government, 
>> Educational Institute and NGO's.
>>
>> Please note that this is being done only for academic purposes.
>>
>> I request you to please help/provide data/information/links on the 
>> Open Source initiatives in Singapore.
> 
> While I can't comment on the usage of open source software in the 
> Singapore government and NGOs, the NTUOSS[1] can possibly provide 
> information about the use of open source software within NTU. And 
> likewise, NUSHackers[2] (formerly
> LinuxNUS[3]) about NUS, and SMU OS3[4] about SMU.
> 
> You could also try contacting FOSA-SG[5], which probably has people who would be better suited to provide information for the rest of the stuff that aren't covered above.
> 
> Another thing I should probably mention is that I am really not sure what kind of information you are looking for, so perhaps you should phrase your question more specifically when contacting the individual groups.
> 
> [1] http://www.ntuoss.org (contact: exco at ntuoss.org) [2] 
> http://www.nushackers.org [3] http://www.linuxnus.org [4] 
> http://www.sis.smu.edu.sg/students/special_interest_group/index.asp#os
> 3
> [5] http://fosa.sg
> 
> --
> Kind regards,
> Loong Jin
> 
>