[Ubuntu-SG] New to singapore

Prakash Advani prakash.advani at canonical.com
Fri Nov 21 07:26:22 UTC 2014


I manage the business for Canonical in the region.

Canonical doesn't have any direct office in Singapore. I am based in 
Mumbai and cover Singapore.

On Friday 21 November 2014 10:56 AM, billy am wrote:
> Redhat has. Canonical I am not sure ... Mark did come down to 
> Singapore before. Suse yes.
>
> NUS mirrors everything btw. Including CRAN , CPAN , etc ... But again 
> , the Universities train office workers/drones , not 
> technologists/hackers. Pls keep it in mind.
>
> Linux is cheaper ONLY if in large numbers. For SMEs , Linux is a 
> nightmare. Windows admins with 3 - 4 years experience can be found for 
> below 2k / mth , if you know where and how to find.
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> On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 1:17 PM, Ben De Luca <bdeluca at gmail.com 
> <mailto:bdeluca at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     Do any of the linux vendors? canonical, redhat have a presence in
>     Singapore?
>
>     I saw the one ubuntu mirror at NUS, so some where out there there
>     is a university with some linux :)
>
>     We use linux as we think it is cheaper than trying to do the same
>     thing in windows. Performance, stability and the ability to look
>     at what is wrong is why we prefer it.
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>     On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 6:43 PM, billy am <wickedpuppy at gmail.com
>     <mailto:wickedpuppy at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>         Nice. I suppose it may comes handy one day. Maybe I will put
>         it up when I marry ... LOL
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>         http://billyam.com || http://use-r.com ||
>         http://shinyserver.com (BETA)
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>         SAS Certified Base Programmer for SAS 9
>         Oracle SQL Expert(11g)
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>         On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 6:34 PM, Muhammad Heidir
>         <md.heidir at gmail.com <mailto:md.heidir at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>             Hey,
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>             The standing banner is still with me…..
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>             Regards,
>             	Muhammad Heidir | Father, Husband, IT Freak
>             SystemX | Punggol Arcadia
>             Mobile: +65 9026 6674 <tel:%2B65%209026%206674>
>             	Website Email <mailto:md.heidir at gmail.com> Map
>             <https://maps.google.com.sg/?q=627A+Aljunied+Road,+BizTech+Centre,+#05-07,%20Singapore%20389842>
>             vCard
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>>             On 20 Nov 2014, at 16:45, billy am <wickedpuppy at gmail.com
>>             <mailto:wickedpuppy at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>>             Well , thats true. We all graduated from TUSG I suppose.
>>             I wonder who still have the standing banner ....
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>>             http://billyam.com <http://billyam.com/>  ||
>>             http://use-r.com <http://use-r.com/> ||
>>             http://shinyserver.com <http://shinyserver.com/> (BETA)
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>>             SAS Certified Base Programmer for SAS 9
>>             Oracle SQL Expert(11g)
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>>             On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 4:42 PM, Ho Yi Hao Pipat
>>             <yihao.ho at gmail.com <mailto:yihao.ho at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>>                 Ha. Been so long ya see. Almost forgotten about this
>>                 mailing list.
>>
>>                 On Thu, 20 Nov 2014 15:21 billy am
>>                 <wickedpuppy at gmail.com
>>                 <mailto:wickedpuppy at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>>                     Ahem , there are always people in this list you
>>                     know. Just that not much to talk about. And we
>>                     are all busy with work. In fact , I am on a block
>>                     leave , 1 week , thats why I am talking.
>>                     Otherwise , no. My company blocks all websites
>>                     containing "mail" , so gmail , hotmail , yahoo
>>                     mail , all blocked by firewall.
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>>                     http://billyam.com <http://billyam.com/>  ||
>>                     http://use-r.com <http://use-r.com/> ||
>>                     http://shinyserver.com <http://shinyserver.com/>
>>                     (BETA)
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>>                     SAS Certified Base Programmer for SAS 9
>>                     Oracle SQL Expert(11g)
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>>                     On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 4:18 PM, Ho Yi Hao Pipat
>>                     <yihao.ho at gmail.com <mailto:yihao.ho at gmail.com>>
>>                     wrote:
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>>                         Wow. Finally some life in this mailing list.
>>
>>                         You all know, it boils down to... MONEY. Hehe
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>>                         On Nov 20, 2014 2:04 PM, "Chow Loong Jin"
>>                         <hyperair at ubuntu.com
>>                         <mailto:hyperair at ubuntu.com>> wrote:
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>>                             Ya know, I don't really see a shortage of
>>                             Linux people in Singapore these days.
>>                             Or maybe it's because I hang around
>>                             HackerspaceSG where every other member has a
>>                             server running Linux somewhere.
>>
>>                             Anyway, welcome to Singapore, Ben. Do
>>                             drop by http://hackerspace.sg
>>                             <http://hackerspace.sg/> sometime.
>>                             It's a cool place. :)
>>
>>                             --
>>                             Kind regards,
>>                             Loong Jin
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