New Partnership Extends Linux Foundation’s Work with Japanese Developers
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| Agreement Signed with Japanese Government Information-technology Promotion
| Agency (IPA) to help increase participation of Japanese developers in Linux
| and open source
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http://linux-foundation.org/weblogs/press/2007/09/30/new-partnership-extends-linux-foundations-work-with-japanese-developers/
Good news. Japan might be "the next Cuba" (country to ditch Microsoft).
Related:
Japanese Government to Embrace Linux
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| Oracle Japan is said to be leading the effort, which could launch
| as early as next month.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070503/34429_id.html?.v=1
Oracle, IBM, NEC to market Linux in Japan: Nikkei
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| Major information technology firms, including Oracle Corp., IBM Corp. and
| NEC Corp., will set up a consortium to sell servers and systems running
| the Linux operating system in Japan, a financial daily said on
| Thursday.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/02/AR2007050202938.html
Red Hat Named #1 IT Vendor To Do Business With By Customers In Japan
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| Conducted in April 2007, Nikkei Market Access' research surveyed nearly 800
| IT workers from major companies involved in info-com products throughout
| Japan regarding their views of service vendors and system integrators.
| Employees working in corporate information systems sections who maintain
| contact with the nominated vendors throughout the course of their duties were
| asked to respond regarding the products and services of the involved
| companies. The survey evaluated 44 nominated vendors chosen by respondents.
| The top three respective vendors include Red Hat Japan with 27.5 percent of
| responses, Apple Japan with 25.6 percent and Willcom with 23.0 percent.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070813/20070813005033.html?.v=1
Momonga Linux 4 Release
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| To our regular users, Momonga Project wishs to express our most gratitude for
| continuing support.
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http://www.momonga-linux.org/archive/Momonga-devel.en/msg00036.html
Berry Linux 0.83 released. (2007.8.20)
http://yui.mine.nu/berry/
Schools across Japan may switch to Linux
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| Japan's public broadcaster NHK reported late last week that the
| Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry plans to introduce
| the open-source operating system Linux for use within classrooms
| across the country in the near future.
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http://gyaku.jp/en/index.php?cmd=contentview&pid=000112
Microsoft foresees more suits in Japan
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| A legal battle between Microsoft and Japanese anti-monopoly authorities
| is likely to conclude next year and might lead to lawsuits or other
| patent infringement complaints against the U.S. software company,
| an executive said Thursday.
|
| [...]
|
| Microsoft has been slapped with hefty fines by European Union regulators,
| who have said Microsoft broke competition laws and abused its dominant
| market position.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070412/ap_on_hi_te/japan_microsoft
America is not the world and open source is grateful
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| Americans have also come to assume Microsoft’s anti-trust position to be
| unassailable. But that is not the case in Europe, which continues to press
| its case. As Larry Dignan notes correctly, this has a real impact on open
| source here.
|
| Some may whine, but by laying down its marker for interoperability, and
| against Microsoft’s embrace and extend policy, the European Union is
| supporting American open source efforts, giving them legal protection no U.S.
| court can fully take away.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1433
OpenLogic Extends Reach in Japan with Ashisuto Strategic Partnership
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| Under the agreement, OpenLogic will provide support to Ashisuto
| customers for hundreds of open source packages.
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http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,112851.shtml
BakBone Leads Linux Data Protection Software Market in Japan for Fifth
Consecutive Year
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| Between 2005 and 2006 BakBone grew its Linux data protection market share
| from 70.6% to 73.2% as outlined in the report "Japan Storage Software
| 2007-2011 Forecast and 2006 Vendor Shares."
|
| [...]
|
| According to IDC data, the Linux data protection software market in Japan is
| driven by BakBone, which continues to maintain high growth at approximately
| 20% per year.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070724/20070724005129.html?.v=1
MySQL K.K. to Strengthen its Presence in the Japanese Database Market
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| MySQL K.K., the Japanese arm of the open source database developer MySQL AB,
| has announced three new initiatives aimed at strengthening its expansion in
| the Japanese market.
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http://www.mysolutioninfo.com/news-display.aspx?Code=1971&t=MySQL%20K.K
%20to%20Strengthen%20its%20Presence%20in%20the%20Japanese%20Database%20Market
Government of Japan Embraces Open Software Standards
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| The OpenDocument Format Alliance (ODF Alliance), the leading organization
| advocating for openness and accessibility to government documents and
| information, today congratulated Japan for adopting a policy under which
| government ministries and agencies will solicit bids from software vendors
| whose products support internationally recognized open standards.
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http://www.govtech.com/gt/126612?topic=117674
Linux hot at top Japanese embedded conference
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| Japan's largest embedded conference of the year reportedly
| featured a growing number of Linux-related demonstrations,
| compared to previous years.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9926749642.html
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