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South Korean Gov't. Advocates Linux

Posted by timothy on from the alternatives-are-worse dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "Korea has now taken the plunge on the Linux operating system, and is now starting to advocate Linux for use in government and public sector applications. South Korea's Ministry of Information and Communications announced the move today, which will result in decreased Microsoft market share in the region." According to the article, Korea's Ministry of Information and Communication "will provide a total of 3 billion won (US$2.95 million) for government agencies which want to use the Linux and other open-source computer programs this year."

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  1. So now the North will use Microsoft? :-) by BerntB · · Score: 5, Funny
    I guess this means North Korea will have to use Microsoft?

    A marriage born in... well, never mind. :-)

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  2. Take note "Monkey Boy!" by bogaboga · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh, I hope my man Ballmer is awake. He should grab his bags and prepare to leave for Korea. We surely live in interesting times don't we?

    1. Re:Take note "Monkey Boy!" by FidelCatsro · · Score: 4, Funny

      I now have this image of the Ballmer stomping around shouting
      "KOREANS ,KOREANS ,KOREANS ,KOREANS ,KOREANS ,..KOREANS ,KOREANS ,KOREANS ,KOREANS ,KOREANS ,KOREANS ,..."
      It is not the most plesant mental image I've ever had .

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  3. They're making a big mistake. by gt_swagger · · Score: 5, Funny

    Didn't they read that report by those two professors that got Microsoft funding about how Linux is plagued by security holes, higher ownership cost, and a swarm of locusts? I hope they can right the ship before it's too late.

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  4. Nah, we all know where Linux come's from... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Press Release

    The Peoples Democratic Republic Of Korea Announces

    Release 1.0 of Juche Linux

    Created by our Deal Leader with wisdom given to him by Our Great Leader, Juche Linux will bring peace and socialist prosperity to the peoples of the world.

  5. Better Yet: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    In Soviet Russia, only Koreans use old Linux applications.

  6. Hear that? by AnyoneEB · · Score: 4, Funny

    That cry of anguish is all the South Koreans trying to get WINE to work so they can play StarCraft. (I have done it, it just took a lot of messing with settings.)

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  7. Re:Tactical move by gt_swagger · · Score: 2, Funny
    Microsoft is like one of these.

    Once you know what it's all about... whenever it's close, you can't resist the temptation to hit the crap out of it. It's theraputic.

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  8. Re:I wouldn't say Advocates, but the DPRK seems to by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...communist linux boxes...
    Yes, they're called Comix!

  9. Please mod parent: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    * Troll
    * Uninformed
    * Geographically challenged
    * Victim of the US education system

    Thanks.

  10. Re:Damn communists! by the_womble · · Score: 4, Funny
    Aren't the North Koreans the evil communists? Isn't South Korea home to the free market

    Exactly, so:

    • The North Koreans would be happier with something centrally planned and tightly controlled.
    • The South Koreans would see the benefits of consumer choice and appreciate the economic efficiency that results from pricing set by a competitive (i.e. non-monopoly) market

    Incidentally given that the North Koreans have heavily into personality cults, claiming credit for everything, and heavy propaganda they would be a good fit for MS.

  11. Wow... by bmo · · Score: 3, Funny

    All those infringers of SCO intellectual property...

    At $699 per cpu license, Darl McBride must be hopping with joy at the thought of all those Koreans buying SCO IP licenses. Yes indeed, you too can get one of these protection licenses. All you have to do is read the SCO IP website!

    wget -v --mirror www.sco.com/scoip/

    Be sure to download all available information so you can be an informed SCO IP Protection license customer! It would be a shame if you didn't!

    Remember, the command again is wget -v --mirror www.sco.com/scoip/

    Get your documentation and license Today!

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  12. Microsoft Anti-piracy move by draxredd · · Score: 4, Funny

    Microsoft has finally come up with a plan to supress Windows piracy in the south-east : Widescale Linux Adoption.

    ;)

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  13. Nevermind... by JayJay.br · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...only old people will use Linux anyway.

    In other news, distros will be forced to use KDE. Either that, or they will change the country name to South Gorea.

    /me hides in shame for excessive Slashdot cliche use.

  14. Re:No one's in trouble - business as usual by chris_mahan · · Score: 2, Funny

    Naw man, if you've been dating this girl a while and she lets you bang her once in a while, and you meet this other chick who's a freak in bed and wants to do everything and then some on a daily basis, and you tell your girlfriend (mistake number one) and she puts out a little more for a couple of days hoping to keep you (your money) around a bit longer, and you fall for it (mistake number two) and pass on freak-in-bed's offer of wild, off-the-chart mind-blowing sex; you cannot later complain that your partner's performance, is, hum, adequate at best.

    Same thing with Microsoft. You either put up with their little tantrums, or you just dump them and go on, but you do not play little mind games.

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