The Economic Times is carrying a story on the rise of Linux as the operating system of choice for many of Asia's governments.
Linux accounted for 10 per cent of server shipments in Asia ex-Japan in 2003, up from seven percent in 2001, and the figure is forecast to jump to 25 percent by 2008, according to International Data Corp (IDC).
That would be equivalent to an annual growth rate of more than 38 percent, making Linux the fastest-growing server platform in the region. The growth rate worldwide in the same period is forecast to be about 27 percent.
To address some of these concerns, Microsoft has implemented a Government Security Program (GSP) providing limited access to Windows source codes, said Chris Sharp, Microsoft's director of platform strategy in Asia Pacific.
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