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Japan, China & South Korea May Develop OS

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-thats-a-bit-strange dept.

v1x writes "Reuters reports that Japan, South Korea and China are set to agree to jointly develop a new computer operating system as an alternative to Microsoft Corp.'s Windows software. It is said that if the plan matures, the three nations are likely to build upon an open-source operating system, such as Linux, and develop an inexpensive and trustworthy system."

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  1. Re:Not to mention... by Scrameustache · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    an OS with East-Asian language support built in

    Mac OSX

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    You can't take the sky from me...

  2. Re:Cooperation is good by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    "getting China to cooperate with Japan is not easy."

    We will NEVER forget the Rape Of Nanjing!!

    If I EVER see one of those nip bastards on the mainland I will get revenge for my family.

  3. Re:Hopefully they will write it in a better langua by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Apparently getting a product to market was the primary goal.

    Ada is secure becasue you can't develop code with any degree of efficiency. Clearly, a program that never ships is the most secure program of all.

  4. Who's behind the effort? North Korea of course! by porky_pig_jr · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    they've treated to nuke them all of they wouldn't develop 'Windows for the communist masses'.