[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood for this link. ]
“Japan, China and South Korea plan to develop an original
operating system in a bid to challenge the domination of Microsoft
Corp’s Windows, news reports said on Sunday.“Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma is to propose the
plan when he meets his Chinese and South Korean counterparts in
Phnom Penh on Wednesday on the sidelines of the ASEAN trade
ministers’ meeting, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun and the Asahi Shimbun
said, quoting sources…“Under the expected tie-up, the partners are expected to improve
[an] open-source operating system, like Linux…”