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title: "Open Source Peluang tidak Terbatas Industri TIK (Open Source Offers Unlimited Opportunity for the ICT Industry)"
description: "A Media Indonesia report on the Global Conference on Open Source (GCOS) 2009 in Jakarta, naming Sunil Abraham among international open source experts in attendance."
categories: [Media mentions, Non-English language content]
date: 2009-10-26
source: "Media Indonesia"
language: id
permalink: /media/open-source-peluang-tidak-terbatas-gcos-2009/
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**"Open Source Peluang tidak Terbatas Industri TIK"** (English: **"Open Source Offers Unlimited Opportunity for the ICT Industry"**) is a Media Indonesia article published on 26 October 2009, reporting on the opening day of the Global Conference on Open Source (GCOS) 2009, held on 26–27 October 2009 at the Shangri-La Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia. Organised by AOSI (Asosiasi Open Source Indonesia) and supported by the State Ministry of Research and Technology and the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, the article centres on opening remarks by Communications and Informatics Minister Tifatul Sembiring and AOSI chair Betti Alisjahbana on free and open-source software (FOSS) adoption in Indonesia. [Sunil Abraham](/sunil/) is named among the international experts and practitioners present at the conference, alongside speakers from Thailand, Malaysia, Sun Microsystems, IBM, Harvard University, and others.

## Contents

1. [Article Details](#article-details)
2. [Full Text](#full-text)
   - [Indonesian (Original)](#indonesian-original)
   - [English (Translation)](#english-translation)
3. [Context and Background](#context-and-background)

## Article Details

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  <dt>📅 Date:</dt>
  <dd>26 October 2009</dd>

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  <dd>News report (event coverage)</dd>

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## Full Text

### Indonesian (Original)

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<p>JAKARTA--MI: Perangkat lunak Open Source membuka peluang tak terbatas untuk mengembangkan industri di bidang teknologi informasi dan komunikasi (TIK) dalam negeri sekaligus sumber daya manusia di sektor TIK.</p>

<p>Hal itu dinyatakan Menteri Komunikasi dan Informatika Tifatul Sembiring saat memberi sambutan pada Global Conference on Open Source (GCOS) yang dihadiri sejumlah pakar open source dari berbagai negara di Jakarta, Senin (26/10).</p>

<p>Menurut Tifatul, Free Open Source Software (FOSS) diadopsi dan dimanfaatan pemerintah bukan saja karena model bisnis alami FOSS yang gratis untuk digunakan, bebas sumber kode-nya untuk dimodifikasi dan disebarkan tetapi juga karena kemandirian yang ditawarkan FOSS.</p>

<p>Bagi pemerintah, FOSS juga mengalihkan masyarakat Indonesia dari masalah pembajakan software (perangkat lunak) karena sifatnya yang gratis, sementara software berlisensi (proprietary) seringkali tak terjangkau masyarakat.</p>

<p>Ia menyatakan bangga bahwa perangkat lunak sumber kode terbuka ini tumbuh sangat cepat meskipun sempat mengalami banyak hambatan dalam implementasinya. Banyaknya pakar dari berbagai negara yang hadir dan bertukar pengalaman dalam GCOS ini, lanjut dia, diharapkan mampu menghilangkan segala hambatan dalam implementasi FOSS di Indonesia.</p>

<p>Sementara itu, Ketua Asosiasi Open Source Indonesia (AOSI) Betti Alisjahbana mengharapkan FOSS bisa sukses diimplementasikan di Indonesia dengan memperkuat komunitas open source.</p>

<p>"Kami berharap Indonesia bisa mengambil manfaat maksimum dari FOSS yang semakin berkembang di dunia untuk kemajuan TIK Indonesia dan pertumbuhan ekonomi umumnya," kata Betti. Menurutnya, sejak Indonesia Go Open Source (IGOS) dideklarasikan pada 30 Juni 2004 Indonesia sudah muncul menjadi pemimpin dalam gerakan open source.</p>

<p>Sejumlah pakar dan praktisi dunia TIK khususnya open source yang hadir dalam konferensi ini antara lain: Sunil Abraham dari India, Krich Nasingkun dari Thailand, Muh Rosli bin Abd Razak dari Malaysia, Ko Hong Eng dari Sun Micro System, Ray Davies dari IBM, Matthias Merkle dari IntWEnt hingga Campbell O Webb dari Harvard University.</p>

<p>Selain itu sejumlah pakar open source Indonesia juga hadir seperti Onno W Purbo, I Made Wiryana, juga Indra Utoyo dari Telkom, Dr Aswin Sasongko dari Depkominfo.(Ant/OL-04)</p>

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### English (Translation)

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<p>JAKARTA — MI: Open source software offers unlimited opportunity for developing the domestic information and communications technology (ICT) industry, as well as human resources within the ICT sector.</p>

<p>This was stated by Communications and Informatics Minister Tifatul Sembiring in his opening remarks at the Global Conference on Open Source (GCOS), attended by a number of open source experts from various countries in Jakarta on Monday (26/10).</p>

<p>According to Tifatul, Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) is being adopted and utilised by the government not only because of FOSS's natural business model of being free to use, with source code open to modification and distribution, but also because of the independence FOSS offers.</p>

<p>For the government, FOSS also steers Indonesian society away from the problem of software piracy, given its free nature, while licensed (proprietary) software is often unaffordable for the public.</p>

<p>He expressed pride that open-source software has grown very quickly despite facing many obstacles in implementation. He said the large number of experts from various countries attending GCOS to exchange experience was expected to help remove remaining barriers to FOSS implementation in Indonesia.</p>

<p>Meanwhile, Chair of the Indonesia Open Source Association (AOSI) Betti Alisjahbana expressed hope that FOSS could be successfully implemented in Indonesia by strengthening the open source community.</p>

<p>"We hope Indonesia can gain maximum benefit from FOSS, which continues to grow globally, for the advancement of Indonesia's ICT sector and broader economic growth," said Betti. She noted that since Indonesia Go Open Source (IGOS) was declared on 30 June 2004, Indonesia has emerged as a leader in the open source movement.</p>

<p>A number of ICT experts and practitioners, particularly in open source, attended the conference, including Sunil Abraham from India, Krich Nasingkun from Thailand, Muh Rosli bin Abd Razak from Malaysia, Ko Hong Eng from Sun Microsystems, Ray Davies from IBM, Matthias Merkle from InWEnt, and Campbell O. Webb from Harvard University.</p>

<p>Also present were a number of Indonesian open source experts, including Onno W. Purbo, I Made Wiryana, as well as Indra Utoyo from Telkom and Dr. Aswin Sasongko from the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (Depkominfo). (Ant/OL-04)</p>

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## Context and Background

This article covers the opening day of GCOS 2009, three days before the KabarIndonesia report already documented on this site. While the KabarIndonesia piece gave Sunil Abraham a dedicated paragraph quoting his impressions of Indonesia's open source community, this Media Indonesia article names him only within a list of international experts and practitioners in attendance, alongside speakers from Thailand, Malaysia, Sun Microsystems, IBM, and Harvard University.

The article instead centres on Minister Tifatul Sembiring's framing of FOSS as both an anti-piracy tool and a driver of national technological self-reliance, and on AOSI chair Betti Alisjahbana's remarks on Indonesia's open source movement since its 2004 declaration.

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