Japanese Government moves to open source software
Monday, May 14th, 2007Japan’s government has issued a edict to all IT procurements to make Linux and open source software a priority starting July this year. They specifically mentioned that they would like to reduce their dependancy on Microsoft software.
Japan’s central government says it plans to use $1.25 trillion yen, or $10.4 billion, on IT the next year.
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