Japan may drop Windows to boost security (Forbes)

[Posted November 17, 2002 by corbet]

Forbes is carrying a Reuters article stating that the Japanese government is taking a hard look at switching over to Linux. "The Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications will set up a panel of experts to study how other countries are using open source operating systems as early as the next fiscal year that starts next April, the paper said." (Thanks to Maya Tamiya).

Robert Hawkins also sent us a pointer to an article in Japanese on Asahi.com for those who can read it.

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