Korea Replacing 120,000 Windows with Linux

The Korean government has just signed a contract with Hancom to purchase 120,000 copies of HancomLinux Deluxe 2.0 (which is basically Red Hat OS + tweaks + korean language support + KDE localized) and HancomOffice 2.0. Thats quite a big achievement. Here is Hancom's Press Release about it.

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Hmmm

[zachusaf]

In a unrelated story, North Korea will still be running MS Windows as dictated by their leader, Kim Dae Gates, or "Bill" as he is affectionatley known by the loving people of his communist country...

Re:Major achievement

[Waffle Iron]

OTOH, maybe Microsoft is just parasitically sucking capital out of the US economy and adding it to the $36Billion hoard of cash buried in its back yard. It's not like they have that many employees on the payroll to cut checks for; nor are they sending out dividends.

Re:120,000 copies?

[Jucius Maximus]

"And they found out that if you have 120000 copies, you can install it on 120000 machines in 20 minutes."

You forgot to factor in the time necessary to open 120K software boxes worth of shrink wrap.

Re:The next step in world domination

[Corrado]

Wow, this is getting to be a giant, real-life sized game of RISK. :)

Oh great ...

[Ryokos_boytoy]

120K new open mail relays ; )