September 1, 2003
JAPAN, China and South Korea plan to develop an original operating system in a bid to challenge the domination of Microsoft Windows. 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.
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Under the expected tie-up, the partners are expected to improve open-source operating system, like Linux. The three countries are to set up a joint private-sector promotion committee in mid-November, to include Japanese businesses such as NTT Data, Matsushita Electric Industrial, NEC, Hitachi and Fujitsu.
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Agence France-Presse
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