To See A Knowledge Based Society in IndonesiaOnno W. Purbo(onno@indo.net.id)A simle !ision" #to see a $nowledge based society in Indonesia%" &as been t&e base o'most o' my acti!ities in t&e last ten (()) years. It is a c&allenging endea!or to be ursued.Bac$ in early(**)" w&ile comleting myP&.+degree in ,,-Sat .ni!ersityo'Waterloo" -anada" Internet is in its in'ancy. -omuter based discussion grous / s&areresources o!er t&e networ$ were a common mode interaction in networ$ lat'orm. Studyabroadwit&&ea!ynetwor$e0osure&as broadenedmy!iewon!arious asect o'tec&nology as well as social" culture / li'e. Being a licensed &am radio wit& callsign 1-(+A232,4 &as oened an oortunity toe0lore !arious alternati!es in imlementing a T-P3IP networ$ o!er t&e radio based on2,4.OW t&e club station at .ni!ersity o' Waterloo" -anada. Interaction wit& Indonesian1B colleagues was done !ia amateur store and 'orward message on 4))bs networ$ /sometimes !ia amateur low eart& orbit satellite. Knowledge gain in 2,5land is distributedbac$ to Indonesia !ia t&e slow radio networ$" but it ro!ides su''icient ingredient 'or my'ellow 1B5land&amradiotostartdiggingt&etec&nology/wor$ingonbuildingt&enetwor$ lead by 6obby 1B(B7" Ben 1B),BS" 1B(86" 1B9S2 etc.:ergingt&esetwo(9) e0eriences" it was clearlys&ownt&eimact o' $nowledgetransarencyrunonin'ormation3 digital lat'ormtowardst&esocietyemowerment.,ducation le!el / oen system &as signi'icantly s&own its ower on societyemowerment. In most cases" community based tec&nologies may be a c&allenge to t&eine''icient incumbent oerators. Transarency in tec&nology / $nowledge on IT wouldbet&ema;or $eyinbuildingcommunitybasedtec&nology/networ$ingtocreatein'ormation access in'rastructure 'or t&e Indonesian eole to gain $nowledge /in'ormation needed to mo!e towards t&e $nowledge based society. T&ese ideas / way o't&in$ing &a!e gradually accumulated into a clear !ision" strong moti!ation / direction o'my 'uture li'e.In (**4" a'ter t&e comletion o' my P&.+ degree" I ser!ed as one o' t&e young lecturer atInstitute o' Tec&nology in Bandung (ITB). I wor$ed wit& t&e students to build t&e T-P3IPbased radio (9))bs networ$ among sc&ools" !arious institutions in Indonesia as art o't&e early Internet in Indonesia. ?mac&ine. Cree access tot&e Internet was ro!idedby.ni!ersityo' Indonesia(&ttD33www.ui.ac.id) /:inistryo' Science /Tec&nology(&ttD33www.ite$.net.id).Knowledge distribution is t&e $ey in e0anding t&e networ$" gi!e away all documents /so'tware (including t&e source code) 'or 'ree is common among us. It ro!ides signi'icantmoti!ation 'or ot&ers (close to &undred institutions /ersonal node) to ;oin t&ebandwagon o' t&e early Indonesian Internet. ItEs 'ree anyway.In (**F" CreeBS+ / Ginu0 was deloyed to ser!e as ma;or networ$ OS on our ser!ers /routers. -amus :A< is build at ITB" as e0ected" no money 'rom 7o!Et / institutionwere used most o' t&e 'unding was sel'5'inanced by t&e society as demand grows. T&us"demandcreatedsulystrategyisusedrat&ert&ansulycreateddemandasitcostsmuc&less/suits'orcommunitybasedde!elomentaroac&.Ase0ectedinsomecases" we &ad to 'ace t&e aut&oritarianism 'rom t&e camus aut&ority as we byass t&eirbureaucratic networ$.Knowledge s&aring / interaction among us was mostly done t&roug& !arious Internetmailing lists. T&e early ma;or mailing list ser!er in Indonesia was &osted at ITB run onma;ordomo@itb.ac.id. -urrently" most o' $nowledge s&aring /cyber communitybuilding in Indonesia are done t&roug& ya&oogrous.com based mailing lists.,0eriencedgaininimlementingcommunity5basednetwor$wasublis&edinmanyarticles / aers in !arious Indonesian media. Knowledge was disseminated generouslyin !arious seminars / wor$s&os. -urrently" on t&e a!erage o' 45F seminars on Internet 3wee$ is organiAed / would be a &ectic acti!ity 'or t&ose w&o gi!es tal$ on Internet. :ost(i' not all) o' our aers" articles" slides since t&e early E*) can be downloaded 'or 'ree'rom!arioussitessuc&as&ttD33www.bogor.net3id$'3/ &ttD33louis.idaman.com3id$'3.-oyle't noticed is attac&ed to enable ot&ers w&o &a!e no access to t&e &ysical meetingoccasions to gain t&e $nowledge.In Setember (**?" our grou leads t&e connection o' ITB to Asia InternetInterconnectionInitiati!es(AI4)leadbyWI+,Pro;ect inHaan.AKu5Bandgroundstation was installed 'or t&e 'irst time in Indonesia to get 9 :bs Internet access to WI+,