AP - Japan to Study Linux Software
Eager to catch up with nations switching to computer systems other than Microsoft Windows, Japan will study the possibility of using open-source software such as Linux at the government level.
The public management ministry is earmarking 50 million yen ($410,000) for a panel of scholars and computer experts, including Microsoft officials, to finish the study by March 2004, Tatsuya Kawachi, a ministry deputy director, said Wednesday.
Huh? Why would the government include Microsoft officials in research on usage of Linux by the Japanese government? Doesn't that seem pretty tentative and non-committal to you?
