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S. Korean Government to Test Linux: Ministry

posted by martyb on Sunday May 19 2019, @02:28AM   Printer-friendly
from the hope-you-have-better-luck-than-Munich dept.

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http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20190517000378

The government will switch the operating system of its computers from Windows to Linux, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety said Thursday.

The Interior Ministry said the ministry will be test-running Linux on its PCs, and if no security issues arise, Linux systems will be introduced more widely within the government.

The decision comes amid concerns about the cost of continuing to maintain Windows, as Microsoft's free technical support for Windows 7 expires in January 2020.

The transition to Linux OS and the purchase of new PCs are expected to cost the government about 780 billion won ($655 million), the ministry said.

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Nerdfest on Sunday May 19 2019, @03:23AM (4 children)

    by Nerdfest (80) on Sunday May 19 2019, @03:23AM (#845180)

    ... and a new Microsoft head office appears in Korea in 3 2 1 ...

    Actually, even Microsoft seems have pretty much given up on Windows ... they're just still taking money from people stupid enough not to have switched to something else.

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 19 2019, @06:31AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 19 2019, @06:31AM (#845194)

    ..even Microsoft's own internal build system, runs on Linux.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 19 2019, @02:20PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 19 2019, @02:20PM (#845243)

      Proving that even Microsoft is not immune to being infected by systemd
      Well, they should be used to this by now.

  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 19 2019, @07:37AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 19 2019, @07:37AM (#845201)

    If Samsung were smart, they'd start leaking rumors of their own line of AMD or ARM Linux machines. Samsung represents a huge chunk of the Korean GDP, and even if it only lead to even more pressure on Microsoft to drop their prices, I'm sure Samsung would see some other quid pro quo later.

    But really, as you said, Microsoft doesn't really care about one-time bills for Windows. They'd much rather get people (usually businesses) into support contracts or subscribing to Office365. The latter can be done even without Windows and works good enough for most purposes.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 19 2019, @08:58PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 19 2019, @08:58PM (#845333)

      Uhm, don't they already have that? The Samsung Galaxy for example and a huge part in the Tizen OS of the Linux Foundation.