EFI Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 Oracle, NEC, IBM, HP, Hitachi and Dell are among 10 IT equipment and software vendors that are forming a consortium to develop and sell Linux-based servers and computers for the Japanese market. The move by the vendors to collaborate on Linux in Japan comes from a edict from the country's government to make Linux and open source a priority for all IT procurements, starting this July. The central government of Japan says it plans to spend around $1.25 trillion yen, or $10.4 billion, on IT over the next year. The government has said explicitly it wants to decrease its reliance on Microsoft as a server operating system platform. Source here Looks like the Microsoft just lost another major client(s). Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R2k. Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 it`free,it have more security and stability ... why not ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 Governments like free. Linux offers free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacX Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 This is worst year for Microsoft. And i am lovin every minute of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbz Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 This is worst year for Microsoft. And i am lovin every minute of it Yup and a great year for consumers. It doesn't even matter to me that someone choses linux over OSX: what matters is that people are looking past Microsoft and their insane monopoly. People are realising that the reason they have a monopoly is because CONSUMERS give them money. Apple, Microsoft, Linux, that's how people should look at it. And if they chose microsoft, fine. Not the best choiced, IMO, but as long as they considered their options. Way to go, ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robotskip Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 This is worst year for Microsoft. And i am lovin every minute of it How so ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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