Linux Article

paul_cour at verizon.net paul_cour at verizon.net
Fri May 4 09:37:03 EDT 2007


"Japanese Government to Embrace Linux"

A Reuters article covering a story originally published in the Nikkei Shimbun says a consortium of major IT firms including IBM (IBM), NEC (NIPNY) and Oracle (ORCL) plan to sell servers and systems running Linux in Japan, following a measure by the government to promote use of the open-source OS within agencies from July.

Microsoft currently runs 78% of servers in Japan, versus only 14% using Linux, according to the Nikkei.

I love this quote:

"The Japanese government regards the high penetration of Microsoft OS as excessive and is concerned about having less freedom in system's development."

Article:
http://seekingalpha.com/article/34429?source=d_email&u=12158

Have a great (Fri)Day

-pc


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