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Techs,
Another interesting article just
published about linux/windows. When you include Japan, Korea, and
China, you're talking a whole lot of people and a whole lot of market
clout. Most of our computers and components are manufactured in those
countries. If this happens, there will be a huge shift in economic power
in the world. All because Microsoft has produced such buggy products
requiring so many patches and upgrades.
George
Report: Japan, Korea, China to break Windows
ties
Governments, private sector companies to jointly develop new rival OS By Martyn Williams, IDG News Service September 02, 2003 TOKYO -- Plans for the governments and
private sector companies of Japan, South Korea, and China to jointly work
together on the development of a new operating system to rival Microsoft Corp.'s
Windows will be unveiled later this week, according to two Japanese newspaper
reports.
Takeo Hiranuma, the Japanese Minister for Economy,
Trade and Industry, will outline the plan at a regional meeting of economic
ministers in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Wednesday, reported the Nihon Keizai
Shimbun in its Sunday edition and the Asahi Shimbun on its Web site on Monday.
The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and
Industry declined to confirm the report.
The Wednesday announcement will be the first time
that the plans will be made public. The final agreement on the project is due in
the middle of September, the reports said.
The focus of the work was unclear from the
newspaper reports.
The Nihon Keizai Shimbun, quoting "sources close to
the matter," said a new operating system was being considered after the recent
spate of viruses that has targeted the Windows operating system. Work to be
undertaken will include development of new applications such as word processor
and spreadsheet software.
In its report, the Asahi Shimbun said the plan is
aimed at "smart devices" such as cellular telephones, digital cameras and car
navigation systems and computer servers. The idea is being driven by a fear that
Microsoft could corner the market for such devices as it has done on the
desktop, said the Asahi.
Both newspapers agreed that the project would take
the open-source Linux operating system as its base and build on top of it.
Japanese companies including NTT Data Corp.,
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., NEC Corp., Hitachi Ltd. and Fujitsu
Ltd. are expected to take part, said the Nihon Keizai
Shimbun.
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