MUHAMMAD Rosiawan was very eager to discuss about Indonesian National Standard (SNI). For Rosiawan, it is compulsory to make sure that the products he bought are standardized by SNI. “SNI assures quality of the products we bought.  I feel more secure to buy SNI products,” said Rosiawan.

Several months ago, when Bill Gates (Microsoft owner) visited Indonesia, he was welcomed in very formal way and his speech was listened by white collar society. Compared with the visit of Richard Stallman (pioneer of Free Software Movement) to East Java, Bill Gates’ visit was hundred time more bombastic than Richard Stallman’s visit. In fact, having 2 different ideologies, both are known as the most influential figures in the development of IT.