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Japan Considers Moving Away From Windows

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the like-a-slow-moving-dinosaur-is-the-LDP dept.

dm24_99 writes "According to this article at Japan Today, the Japanese government is considering abandoning Microsft Windows in a plan to boost computer security within the government. The government is very interested in alternatives, especially Linux." Of course, like the bank reform being proposed, who knows when this will actually happen.

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  1. Shure it will happen... by The+J+Kid · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport will set up a panel of experts to study the alternatives and what systems other governments use in the next fiscal year beginning April 1, the newspaper said.

    For once, /. editors might be actually right in saying this won't happen for a long time...

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  2. Steve 'n' Bill Pack Yer Bags..... by dmaxwell · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder what Steve and Bill are going to do with all of those frequent flyer miles? They sure have been racking them up lately haven't they?

    I heard that Walmart will give you a really neat Microtel PC for a quarter million miles.

  3. Re:Getting some industry back? by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 5, Funny
    Because doing your own thing doesn't work in the modern world, what matters is interoperability.

    Exactly. That's why we have global standards such as the Metric System. Any country that would use some other system would be at a great disadvantage, and would never be able to achieve any measure of economic success.