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Korea Replacing 120,000 Windows with Linux

Posted by HeUnique on from the windows->-Linux dept.

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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  1. OpenSource Korea by peripatetic_bum · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Just think about it,
    We know that India and China are battling it out to see who is going to be the powerhouse computer programming center and here Korea may have just pulled a coup by declaring openSource to be something that the gov't official supports. I dont know about you, but I would now look towards Korea as a contender for the place to where computer programming is acutaly done. Think of the costs savingd from using opensource

    (I know OpenSource still costs money to run, but just think of the savings Korea will experince)

    Thanks for reading

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