AsiaMedia Daily reports that “open source software is being translated into Khmer by software developers at Open Forum of Cambodia,a non-government organisation in Phnom Penh that is working with the government on the project.A Khmer version of software programs,which can run on Microsoft Windows and includes programs similar to Microsoft Word,Excel and Power Point,is being tested and has been distributed to more than 1,000 computers around the country,according to Noy Shoung, the official responsible for promoting the software.The software, available through OpenOffice.org, is joined by a Khmer-language version of the Firefox internet browser and the Thunderbird e-mail software program”.Cambodia has about one computer for every 1,000 people, according to an estimate by the International Telecommunication Union the article says.
Cambodia and open source
- October 25th, 2005
