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To: RealMuLan who wrote (3022)	4/3/2004 10:50:31 PM
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now it is official<g>--Japan, China, S. Korea sign accord on OS Kazuma Higashi Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent Japan, China and South Korea signed an agreement Saturday to jointly develop a new operating system based on Linux as an alternative to Microsoft Corp.'s Windows. The agreement was signed in Beijing following a bureau chief-level meeting held the same day. Linux is an open-source OS that can be copied and modified freely. The three nations aim to bolster the competitiveness of their information technology industries while seeking to strengthen their computer networks against viruses and other obstacles as well as apparently intending to counter the prevalence of Windows. They also decided to establish a forum for private companies of the three countries to promote open-source operating systems in northeast Asia through the cooperation of governments and private sectors. An overwhelmingly large share of the world's computers run on Windows, and Microsoft has been criticized for damage caused by viruses that spread easily due to the large number of computers that use the company's OS. yomiuri.co.jp