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Why The Korean Government Could Go Open Source By 2020

Posted by timothy on from the file-formats-matter dept.

An anonymous reader writes As the support for the Microsoft (MS) Windows XP service is terminated this year, the government will try to invigorate open source software in order to solve the problem of dependency on certain software. By 2020 when the support of the Windows 7 service is terminated, it is planning to switch to open OS and minimize damages. Industry insiders pointed out that the standard e-document format must be established and shared as an open source before open source software is invigorated. A similar suggestion that Korea might embrace more open source (but couched more cautiously, with more "should" and "may") is reported on the news page of the EU's program on Interoperability Solutions for European Public Administrations, based on a workshop presentation earlier this month by Korea's Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning. (And at a smaller but still huge scale, the capitol city of Seoul appears to be going in for open source software in a big way, too.)

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  1. "The" Korean government? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Last I checked there were at least two Korean governments.

  2. Re:Yes. by phantomfive · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No, I'm pretty sure that Apple will continue to swallow up 95% of the money and market-share generated from the ongoing stream of Open Source

    Apple will never be considered for this kind of program as long as they have a weak commitment to backwards compatibility. That's essentially why Korea is leaving Microsoft here (and Microsoft has a lot of backwards compatibility, you just have to pay for it).

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    "First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
  3. Google I/O by tuppe666 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Here comes the year of the Linux desktop.

    The Linux Desktop is already here. In and amongst the pissing contest in early markets consoles; watches, home, health between Apple and Google (What happened to Microsoft). Chrome OS got Android compatibility and Office Update and its Office improved, massive Android integration, and Google Play . As well as some great adoption statistics. 8 OEMs making 15 distinct Chrome OS devices now on sale in 28 countries, 10 highest rated notebooks available on Amazon.com and Chromebooks sold to K-12 schools has risen 6x.

    The fact that GNU Linux continues to flourish is just an aside.