Background

1. 1. Derivation

One of most important compositions of Information Technology is software. But in Thailand, most softwares are imported with high expense. That makes problems of inequality in digital data accessing and high copyright violation. An adequate alternative for software use on a budget in Thailand is Open Source Software that makes equality of Information Technology data accessing. In addition, Open Source Software permit users to customize and for running business.  Moreover, increasing usage encourages decreasing of software depending on other countries, monopoly on software and software import. And also, it increases quality of software in Thailand. However, we needs research and develop for appropriate software for usage in Thailand. For that reason, National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC) established Open Source Software Laboratory (OSSL) in 2011.

1. 2. Objectives

• To collaborate and develop good quality Open Source Software according to Thai users requirements.
• To support Thai Open Source Software developer.
• To support Open Sources Software usage in Thailand.

1. 1. Contact Information

Mr. Krich Nasingkun

Tel. 662 564 6900 ext. 2434

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R&D Projects

• OpenOffice.org bug fixed for Thai language
• Improvement of Thai language support on Open source software toolkit
• Develop open source software PABX with Thai language support and speech synthesis
• The 11^th National linux software competition

Products Champion

• Open source surveillance system
• Open source software for testing computer performance
• Computer log standard according to computer law (1,2)
• Linux Thai Language Extension (3.0-9.0)
• Linux Simple Internet Server (4.0-6.0)

Collaborations

• Thailand Open Source Software Festival
• National linux software competition
• Ecolonux
• A collaboration project with Thai Open Source Software Federation