[ Thanks to Matt for
this link. ]
“The South Korean government has announced a plan to have
proprietary software on a substantial number of its PCs and servers
replaced with open-source alternatives by 2007.“Thousands of computers in ministries, government-linked
organizations and universities in South Korea will replace the
Microsoft Windows operating system and Office productivity suite
with open source alternatives under the plan, according to the
country’s Ministry of Information and Communication.“Twenty percent of desktop software and 30 percent of server
software will be changed to open source by 2007, said a
spokesperson from the Ministry of Information and
Communication…”