[Linux-bruxelles] Japon sous Linux

[Frederic Lemoine]

Il faut dire que le Japon est déjà un très gros utilisateur des 
systèmes BSD.

http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/index.html.

Le passage vers Linux est donc vécu comme quelque chose de plus 
naturel que chez nous.

F.

Luc Viatour wrote:
> *_ Le gouvernement japonais, à l'initiative d'un programme de 
> développement de l'e-gouvernement, va étudier le possible remplacement 
> de l'OS actuellement utilisé dans les institutions gouvernementales, 
> Windows, par des solutions libres - en particulier GNU/Linux._*
> *__*
> *Les raisons invoquées sont principalement liées au degré de sécurité 
> nécessité par le projet et au bas prix, mais la liberté de modification 
> du code est également mentionnée.*
> **
> ** [en] Source:**_ Reuters_** (lire dans l'Hindustan Times)*
> **
> *__*
> *_Japan may drop Windows to boost security   Reuters_*
> Tokyo, November 16
> 
> The Japanese government will consider replacing Microsoft Corp's 
> Windows, used in much of its computer networks, with another operating 
> system to bolster security, a newspaper said.
> 
> The safety of computer networks is under scrutiny as Prime Minister 
> Junichiro Koizumi's administration presses on towards a long-held goal 
> of "e-government", which would allow citizens to deal with government 
> agencies via the Internet.
> 
> Windows now serves at the operating system for the bulk of servers and 
> personal computers that are used for the Japanese government's computer 
> networks, the Asahi Shimbun said.
> 
> But the government is interested in studying the possibility of adopting 
> alternative operating systems, particularly open source programmes such 
> as Linux, the newspaper said.
> 
> The advantage of open source programmes is that unlike Microsoft's 
> software products, they do not require licensing fees and can be 
> modified because their source codes are made available for free. This 
> makes it easier for system operators to cope with any problems that 
> could arise, the paper said.
> 
> The source, or blueprint, of a programme determines how it works.
> 
> The Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and 
> Telecommunications will set up a panel of experts to study how other 
> countries are using open source operating systems as early as the next 
> fiscal year that starts next April, the paper said.
> 
> Public Management ministry officials were not immediately available for 
> comment.
> 
> The review will take place after the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's 
> panel on promoting electronic government asked the government in August 
> to develop or introduce an open-source programme for security reasons, 
> the newspaper said.
> 
> Concerns about computer security were stoked in August, when a leak of 
> computer data for a computer network used by Japan's military came to 
> light.
> 
> The news of the data leak had come just a day after the introduction of 
> a mandatory ID system that keeps track of personal data electronically, 
> identifying every Japanese citizen with an 11-digit number.
> 
> A number of municipalities have refused to implement the system, fearing 
> misuse by hackers.
> 
> Linux, essentially a free version of the proprietary Unix operating 
> system, has been making strong inroads into the market for servers, the 
> machines that manage networks of computers.
> 
> This prompted Microsoft, which dominates the personal computer software 
> market with its Windows operating system but is a relatively new entrant 
> in the server market, to make an exhaustive study of the threats posed 
> by open source.
> 
> -- 
> Luc Viatour     
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