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South Korea Jumps To Open Source Software

Posted by timothy on from the ka-jha dept.

mormop writes "Following on from the news that a far-eastern Linux distro is on the way, silicon.com is carrying news that South Korea is switching $300,000,000 worth of PCs to Open Source Software. The only question now is will Steve Ballmer be capable of covering the sort of distance needed to pull back all these switching governments before collapsing with exhaustion, or is he en route for the Air Miles record?"

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  1. I hate to say that by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Informative

    ... but "$3,000,000 worth of PCs" is about 3,000-4,000 boxes. It is hardly a big number for a second largest Asian economy.

  2. Language support. by Rimbo · · Score: 2, Informative

    One thing I have to give Microsoft credit for is their foreign-language support and Asian IME's. I had to set up a Linux box for a friend with both Traditional and Simplified Chinese support, and it was nasty to try and figure out. The final result was not quite as simple and easy-to-use as what you'd find in OS X or Windows.

    In the light of this, the decision of Eastern governments like China and Korea to go with open-source software is all the more significant. To me, it indicates that they are more than willing to deal with software that may not be as good to gain the benefits of OSS.

  3. Re:Blizzard by ad9798 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Around 2 million copies. Very impressive... http://www.frictionlessinsight.com/Articles/BeingB lizzard/BeingBlizzardEntertainment.htm

  4. Excuse me. by Jayson · · Score: 3, Informative

    I'd like to agree that JoeLinux appears to be a total loser. Geopolitics, indeed. What do you think this is, Kuro5hin?

    And what is this crap he says about no trustings at ACs? Comments like his are why /. can such giant monkey cock at times.

  5. You're not very far off by Walkiry · · Score: 2, Informative

    I read on an onboard magazine in Icelandair a couple of years ago that many big corporations were purchasing aircrafts and putting pilots in their payrolls because it was cheaper than paying for all the flights some of their executives had to do. Not only that, baring certain high-traffic routes, it's also faster to travel with your own airplane than depend on pre-defined routes and connections.

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