Specifically, it looks to reduce Windows as the server OS.Oracle, NEC, IBM, HP, Hitachi and Dell are among 10 IT equipment and software vendors that are forming a consortium to develop and sell Linux-based servers and computers for the Japanese market. The move by the vendors to collaborate on Linux in Japan comes from a edict from the country's government to make Linux and open source a priority for all IT procurements, starting this July.
The government has said explicitly it wants to decrease its reliance on Microsoft as a server operating system platform.
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