[LINK] Japan, China, S Korea to work on Windows alternative

[Howard Lowndes]

Sorry Richard, forgot to do that...


> http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=4&id=293936


On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 07:07, Chirgwin, Richard wrote:
> My memory hasn't failed me, but it wasn't as long ago as I thought. The
> story last popped up in September:
> 
> http://mailman.anu.edu.au/pipermail/link/2003-September/052394.html
> 
> At the time, the proposal was actually focussed on embedded software, but it
> got scrambled on the way through...Howard, have you a link to the new story?
> 
> Richard C
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Howard Lowndes
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> Subject: [LINK] Japan, China, S Korea to work on Windows alternative
> 
> <hfl>
> It seems that if you want to do business in Japan, China, SKorea then it
> might be easier if you do it in Linux.
> </hfl>
> 
> Monday, April 5, 2004 at 07:00 JST
> TOKYO — The governments of Japan, China and South Korea have agreed to
> work together to come up with an alternative computer operating system
> to reduce reliance on Microsoft's Windows, the Yomiuri and Nihon Keizai
> newspapers reported Sunday.
> 
> According to the reports, the three countries will help their private
> sectors develop Linux, an open-source OS that can be copied and modified
> freely. The agreement was signed in Beijing on Saturday by senior
> government officials from the three countries.
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