Japan Mulls Switch To Linux For Public Servants Data (TechWeb)
Posted Jul 11, 2003 14:32 UTC (Fri) by TimCunningham (guest, #10316)
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Indeed, the article itself says "The leading business daily Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported Wednesday the government had decided on Linux, saying that using the software will halve maintenance costs because it is free."