Forum OpenACS Q&A: OpenACS module development in Asia

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1: OpenACS module development in Asia
Posted by Li-fan Chen on 03/14/01 05:02 AM

Are there small web shops utilizing OpenACS or ACS in one way or another? I hope to take the time to visit some OpenACSers and ACSers who find innovative ways to apply or add to the toolkit.

I'm currently getting some training in Taiwan for a few month before heading back to North America. Please invite me (leaf@cosby.dhs.org) for a tour and tutorial of your ACS-related operations and projects. I can make it out to Northern or Southern Taiwan on weekends and after business-hours. Singapore, Japan, and Hong Kong are also possible with more planning.

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2: Response to OpenACS module development in Asia (response to 1)
Posted by Cheng-Yi Hsu on 03/26/01 07:50 AM
Yes, we provide ACS-backed service in Taiwan ! Our web site cyberdaemons.com
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3: Response to OpenACS module development in Asia (response to 1)
Posted by Chris Carroll on 04/01/01 04:13 PM
We are ACS developers in Hong Kong. Web site is http://www.aimshk.com. We have built a document control package with ACS. With the current developments at aD, we are seriously looking at using OpenACS instead.

What is your schedule please, Li-fan?

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4: Response to OpenACS module development in Asia (response to 1)
Posted by jim Zamboob on 04/01/01 09:23 PM
Has anyone heard of these guys in Hong Kong?  Seems the they have a package, the CCMS, with characteristics and attributes surprisingly similar to the ACS!!!

For instance, their system is also taught at MIT, Caltech and Berkeley!  And the World Bank also hired them!

C'mon guys, you have to at least be honest in what you sell. If the ACS is what you use, then I think you might want to mention that, at least so you don't get flamed.

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5: Response to OpenACS module development in Asia (response to 1)
Posted by Edmund Lian on 04/01/01 10:25 PM
What do you mean by "similar?" It's identical--look at http://www.aimshk.com/ccms/prodmod.htm

These guys have relabelled ACS as CCMS. And since they use ACS, they have by association claimed aD's clients as their own with lines like "CCMS customers include Oracle, Siemens, Hewlett Packard, Nokia, EMC, BMC Software, and The World Bank."

How intellectually dishonest and unethical can one get? What's even more laughable is that they have a huge warning about counterfeit software on their home page.

Gee... they least they could do is acknowledge aD and ACS. There's something very, very smelly about what they're doing... Chris Carroll and the others at "Asian Information Management Systems Ltd."--you guys suck.

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6: Response to OpenACS module development in Asia (response to 1)
Posted by Edmund Lian on 04/01/01 10:41 PM
OK, I hit the submit button too quickly--I didn't mean to condemn all at AIMS. There are undoubtedly innocent people there. Rather, let me just condemn their decision to do what they are doing right now, and put in a suggestion to them to do what is the honest and ethical.
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7: Response to OpenACS module development in Asia (response to 1)
Posted by David Kuczek on 04/01/01 11:19 PM
Prima Aprilis I suppose...