<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.18.3"> </HEAD> <BODY> Hi Nicholas, It will be certainly great if we could come up for a meeting. I'm sure we can share ideas, experiences and plan about promoting FOSS adoption in the region. This will bring great benefits to each other culturally too. I heard that Malaysia and Indonesia has a lot of FOSS users due to its low-cost(..free) and can be tailored to different languages such as Bahasa Malaysia and Bahasa Indonesia. My guess is, FOSS can be readily accepted mainstream, its just a matter of time. I would like to know you thoughts about this. Whereas in Singapore, most of the companies here prefers Microsoft, because they come pre-installed, and Microsoft provides support including most of the Administrators are MCSE certified. The problem starts at the educational level, where students are overly exposed to Microsoft based Operating Systems and Applications. Due to this familiarisation and training conducted on Microsoft products, naturally they are more accustomed to use it. If only we could project to them the benefits and advantage of using an Open systems, they will somehow understand. Anyway, I look forward to meeting with South-East Asians FOSS enthusiasts! Best Regards, supervivid </BODY> </HTML>