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Foreword — Preface — List of Acronyms — Introduction — Importance and Benefits of Open Standards — Standard-Setting and Open Standards — Some Important Open Standards — Comparison of File Formats — Standards and Internationalization/Localization of Software — Patents in Standards — The Linux Standard Base — Government/National Open Standards Policies and Initiatives — Conclusion — Annexure: Comments on RAND, as seen from both sides — Glossary — About the Author — Acknowledgements — About APDIP — About IOSN
The author has been in the ICT industry for over 16 years and is experienced in networking protocols, internetworking and information security issues. He participates actively in Malaysian ICT organizations, in particular, MNCC (Malaysian National Computer Confederation) and PIKOM (Association of the Computer and Multimedia Industry of Malaysia). He has been involved in numerous MNCC and PIKOM events and initiatives and has represented both bodies in various Government committees, working groups and task forces on subject matters like the Internet, ICT security, IT standards and FOSS, at both the national and international levels.
The author participates actively in local standardization activities being a member of several technical committees and working groups for IT standards in the Malaysia. He currently works as an independent consultant in the areas of FOSS deployment and information systems security.
He is also the co-author of the Linux Desktop User Guide published by the International Open Source Network (IOSN), an initiative under the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
