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Japanese Government to Move to OSS

Posted by Zonk on from the a-little-less-time-on-hold dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Linuxworld has up an article on the Japanese government's plan to reduce its reliance on a single IT vendor by moving to open source software. 'Oracle, NEC, IBM, HP, Hitachi and Dell are among 10 IT equipment and software vendors that are forming a consortium to develop and sell Linux-based servers and computers for the Japanese market. The move by the vendors to collaborate on Linux in Japan comes from a edict from the country's government to make Linux and open source a priority for all IT procurements, starting this July.' The government has said explicitly it wants to decrease its reliance on Microsoft as a server operating system platform."

2 of 128 comments (clear)

  1. V E N D O R S by djupedal · · Score: 3, Informative

    Pay close attention before you go running off to the front office. The vendors are doing this - not the buyers/clients/users. In Japan, the vendors tell the buyers what and when they will buy. Say it with me: v e n d o r s

  2. Just Plain Wrong by oddmake · · Score: 5, Informative

    Come to see What Oracle Japan said about this news(ja_JP)
    They say "Though we are strong supporters of Linux,No such alliance are planned.Recent nikkei article is wrong"