[fsug-calicut] Japan prefers opensource
- From: Ajith Kumar <ajith@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: fsug-calicut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 14:01:32 +0530
Hello,
Read the news below and pity the Japanese. Unfortunately they do not
have a smart IT minister like Kerala.
ajith
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By INQUIRER staff: Tuesday 01 April 2003, 15:18
REPORTS SAID THAT Microsoft's Japanese subsidiary is
being hit by weakened sales of operating system, groupware
and other server related products.
According to Nikkei.net, sales of those products are down
by 20 per cent in the second half of last year, leading to an
overall drop of five per cent compared to the same period a
year before.
And one of the reasons for the decline is the success of
Linux, the report adds. The Japanese government wants to
promote open source software, and has allocated a billion
yen this year to its project.
The wire claims that the Japanese government believes
open source software is far more cost effective than the
Microsoft software.
And apparently the IT folk in several different government
departments like the fact they can see all the source code.
© 2003 Breakthrough Publishing Ltd.
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