CNET's Vietnam a crouching tech tiger

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Thanks Adam for sending me this link:

The Saigon Linux Group, an offshoot of the Saigon Linux User Group, was featured in Elsa Wenzel's "Vietnam a crouching tech tiger" published on CNet.com.

I was quoted about Web 3.0 which, with the help of the iPhone, will explode in Vietnam due to the popularity of wifi mobile phones here. I also believe open source technology, known as Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), will become more popular here with businesses and government agencies as means to become 'legal' in regards to software. Many companies such as Asia Commercial Bank and Saccombank already use open source software such as OpenOffice and Firefox with many more following in 2008.

Tracy Reed and Vinh Nguyen should get some credit for helping form the original Saigon Linux User Group with me back in April, 2005.

Elsa's article is a great read on technology in Vietnam -> http://www.cnet.com/4520-13653_1-6796556-1.html

Saigon Linux Group - Vietnam