[Ubuntu-SG] New to singapore

Fri Nov 21 11:47:42 UTC 2014

Prakash, welcome to Singapore!   :)
On Nov 21, 2014 4:05 PM, "Prakash Advani" <prakash.advani at canonical.com>
wrote:

>  I manage the business for Canonical in the region.
>
> Canonical doesn't have any direct office in Singapore. I am based in
> Mumbai and cover Singapore.
>
> On Friday 21 November 2014 10:56 AM, billy am wrote:
>
> Redhat has. Canonical I am not sure ... Mark did come down to Singapore
> before. Suse yes.
>
>  NUS mirrors everything btw. Including CRAN , CPAN , etc ... But again ,
> the Universities train office workers/drones , not technologists/hackers.
> Pls keep it in mind.
>
>  Linux is cheaper ONLY if in large numbers. For SMEs , Linux is a
> nightmare. Windows admins with 3 - 4 years experience can be found for
> below 2k / mth , if you know where and how to find.
>
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> On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 1:17 PM, Ben De Luca <bdeluca at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Do any of the linux vendors? canonical, redhat have a presence in
>> Singapore?
>>
>>  I saw the one ubuntu mirror at NUS, so some where out there there is a
>> university with some linux :)
>>
>>  We use linux as we think it is cheaper than trying to do the same thing
>> in windows. Performance, stability and the ability to look at what is wrong
>> is why we prefer it.
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 6:43 PM, billy am <wickedpuppy at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Nice. I suppose it may comes handy one day. Maybe I will put it up when
>>> I marry ... LOL
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>>>   On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 6:34 PM, Muhammad Heidir <md.heidir at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
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>>>> Hey,
>>>>
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>>>>    On 20 Nov 2014, at 16:45, billy am <wickedpuppy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  Well , thats true. We all graduated from TUSG I suppose. I wonder who
>>>> still have the standing banner ....
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>>>> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 4:42 PM, Ho Yi Hao Pipat <yihao.ho at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
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>>>>> Ha. Been so long ya see. Almost forgotten about this mailing list.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 20 Nov 2014 15:21 billy am <wickedpuppy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Ahem , there are always people in this list you know. Just that not
>>>>>> much to talk about. And we are all busy with work. In fact , I am on a
>>>>>> block leave , 1 week , thats why I am talking. Otherwise , no. My company
>>>>>> blocks all websites containing "mail" , so gmail , hotmail , yahoo mail ,
>>>>>> all blocked by firewall.
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>>>>>>  On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 4:18 PM, Ho Yi Hao Pipat <yihao.ho at gmail.com
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Wow. Finally some life in this mailing list.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You all know, it boils down to... MONEY.   Hehe
>>>>>>> On Nov 20, 2014 2:04 PM, "Chow Loong Jin" <hyperair at ubuntu.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Ya know, I don't really see a shortage of Linux people in Singapore
>>>>>>>> these days.
>>>>>>>> Or maybe it's because I hang around HackerspaceSG where every other
>>>>>>>> member has a
>>>>>>>> server running Linux somewhere.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Anyway, welcome to Singapore, Ben. Do drop by http://hackerspace.sg
>>>>>>>> sometime.
>>>>>>>> It's a cool place. :)
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>>>>>>>> Loong Jin
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