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Red Hat offers Linux-wary Unix shops long-term support in Japan
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| Raleigh, N.C.-based Red Hat Inc. believes that its new partnership with
| Japanese computer manufacturer Fujitsu Ld. could accelerate migration from
| Unix to Linux for mission-critical applications in Japan and ultimately in
| the U.S. But industry analysts said this is nothing new for the industry and
| expressed doubt that the move will have a global impact.
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http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid39_gci1339953,00.html
Extended Linux support from Red Hat
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| Red Hat and Fujitsu are offering an extended support program for
| business-critical installations of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). The
| Advanced Mission-Critical Program offers clients five years of bug fixes and
| security patches for their Red Hat installations.
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http://www.heise-online.co.uk/open/Extended-Linux-support-from-Red-Hat--/news/112022
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Red Hat Named #1 IT Vendor For Second Consecutive Year in Japan
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| Red Hat ranked first of 68 nominated vendors in Nikkei Market Access' April
| 2008 study, following the Company's fourth recognition for vendor value by
| CIO Insight in December 2007
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http://www.redhat.com/about/news/prarchive/2008/japan_itvendor.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
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
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.
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| 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
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
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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