roundup Open source has consistently made headlines in recent years, having drawn much industry attention both from technologists and business decision-makers.
Adoption and interest in the Asian region has grown, too, though from different aspects.
The Philippines, for instance, is seeing early adopters from the private sector, while Singapore's open source movement is currently enjoying strong momentum in the developer front.
In Malaysia, the government's July 2004 "master plan" to drive open source adoption in the public sector is seeing fruition. As of mid-July, some 71.1 percent of government agencies in the country have deployed open source, compared to 354 agencies in 2008 and 163 in 2007.
And while India also sees growing adoption, the open source camp in the country is miffed over a proposal for e-government projects to support multiple standards.
In this special report, ZDNet Asia looks at what's moving open source adoption across four Asian economies--Singapore, Malaysia, India and the Philippines--the issues faced and benefits reaped in these markets.
Open source adoption 'anomaly' in Philippines
Country's private sector is unexpected early adopters of open source, which analysts say will be further boosted by entrance of Google's upcoming Chrome OS.Thursday, July 30 2009
Open source evangelists lock horns with Nasscom
India's open source community is miffed over Nasscom's proposal for e-government projects to support multiple standards, instead of single patent-free standards.Wednesday, July 29 2009
M'sian public sector bolsters OSS adoption
Open source momentum gets boost from Malaysia's government-led initiative that sees 71.1 percent of public sector agencies deploy open source software.Tuesday, July 28 2009
S'pore developers create open source buzz
Local developers helping to grow Singapore's interest and expertise in open source technology, with mobile realm particularly hot, say user groups.Monday, July 27 2009
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