Korea Government cannot rely on Windows, embracing the open source system-Window XP,XP system and Win7,LINUX-IT information Korea Government cannot rely on Windows, embracing open source systems

In April, Microsoft ended support for Windows XP, but Governments and organizations on sector dependence on Windows XP is very high, and another major system Windows7 by 2020 to stop the service. On this issue, Korea Government has started early. One solution is to embrace open source operating systems.

Korea Science and technology, Ministry of information, communications and the future planning on June 25, the "Open Source Software Invigoration Policy Debate" meeting discussed the switch to open source operating systems, open source software, and plans to minimize damage. Government plans to use the HTML5 technology instead of Active X--Korea netizens is an important reason to use IE Active x, public authority document will support a variety of document formats, including HWP and PDF, and starting next year to select 10 test running open source operating system projects of public and private institutions, beginning in 2018 and gradually replacing the commercial proprietary software with open source software.