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  1. The Cost of Monoculture by Zanadou · · Score: 1 · on South Korea Begins To Deprecate ActiveX

    Holy shit snacks, does that mean that one day I might be able to use Korean government or online banking website with Firefox???

    Probably not, the country's extremely monocultural when it comes to computing tech. ("Not Invented Here" was one of the problems in the first place.) For example, nearly all the PCs there are Windows/Intel/nVidia combos... you really need to jump though hoops and/or be really specific when ordering computers to get anything else. And, only people at Daum and KAIST seem to even have any idea about Linux. Anything outside the Windows (IE6+)/Intel/nVidia mindset is not going to work.

  2. Re:Dodgy conclusions... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Zeroing In On the Internet's 'Evil Cities'

    But most importantly: South Korea has possibly the worst case of Microsoft monoculture in the world.

    Of course it is -- how else is everyone going to be able to play Starcraft?

  3. Re:Dodgy conclusions... by Stormwatch · · Score: 2, Informative · on Zeroing In On the Internet's 'Evil Cities'

    But most importantly: South Korea has possibly the worst case of Microsoft monoculture in the world.

  4. Re:Banks: Please Stop Using ActiveX ! by dave_h_in_philly · · Score: 1 · on Hacked Bank of India Site Labeled Trustworthy

    Here in Korea (I'm no longer in_philly), most of the financial sites and numerous government sites such as Korea Post, use "obscure 'security' extension" ActiveX controls. But in Korea it has to do with Korea's adoption of the SEED cipher back in the 90s, and the inability to get 128-bit encryption from the Americans until 1999. Needless to say, it is a significant concern for me (an expat) as well as for regular Koreans. For my own part, I try to avoid such sites and do as much banking as possible in the US, but for most Koreans that's not an option. At least according to the article I linked above, Koreans are suing their government over the whole mess.

  5. Re:Sorry, not even close by nickos · · Score: 1 · on Why Desktop Email Still Trumps Webmail

    I challenge you to find a serious website that uses ActiveX for a serious use.
    "just about every website in Korea that handles any kind of secure transaction"
  6. Re:Apparently by multisync · · Score: 1 · on Why South Korea Is Shackled To Windows

    Apparently, the dupe detection software was written in south korea and uses activex to authenticate
    This isn't a "dupe." The article you linked to was about South Koreans being advised to avoid Vista because their infrastructure is closely tied to Active X. The blog posting we are currently commenting on describes how the South Koreans found themselves in this situation.

    Here's a link you might find interesting.
  7. 500 Reasons why Sonicstage SUCKS by taxevader · · Score: 1 · on Why Sony Should've Put Its Weight Behind Hi-MD

    http://www.kanai.net/weblog/archive/2005/11/22/21h 17m54s