Open Source Cambodia
KhmerOS - Khmer Software Initiative
"The KhmerOS project was born from our dream for the state of computer technology in Cambodia in three years. We envision, in 2007, a country where Cambodians can learn and use
computers in their own language, a country that does not have to change to a new language in order to use computers! Databases and applications will be developed directly in Khmer, with easy, standard ways to handle names and data. To achieve this, there must be widespread use of very low cost software, well adapted to Cambodia’s economy, business climate, and people. And there must be a standard way to use Khmer ... OpenSource software and Khmer Unicode will build the best technological future for Cambodia, and it can be achieved. The KhmerOS initiative is being coordinated by the Open Forum of Cambodia, a local NGO that has a long history of
supporting advance in communication and information exchange
in the country."
Our thanks to Norbert Klein
(Open Forum of Cambodia)
for letting us know in late 2002 of "three day seminar on
Information Technology Awareness convened by the National
Information Techology Development Authority (NiDA), in which
a senior minister talked about the challenge "to avoid dependency on proprietary systems, (and) instead promoting open systems and interoperability".
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