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10,000 locally made open source platforms are being rolled out in schools across South Korea. "The project, called the New Education Information System, is built on a Korean-developed version of Linux that already services 190 schools in the heart of capital city Seoul." The move is not a snub against Microsoft, say officials: it was done for security reasons, cost concerns, and local support.

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