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Japan Takes A Look At Open Source Software

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the c'mon-everybody's-doing-it dept.

irish_spic writes " Accorting to this AP story (in yahoo news), the public management ministry is setting up a panel of scholars and computer experts, including Microsoft officials in order to study the use of Open Source software in the government. The article cites concerns about costs and security as the reason for the study. Me wonders if they are serious or just trying to get discounts from MS."

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  1. Re:idiots the lot of you! by mrjive · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is especially useful because we're at war with Japan right now..........

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