Comments on: Korea Paying Price for Microsoft Monoculture http://blog.mozilla.com/gen/2009/10/02/korea-paying-price-for-microsoft-monoculture/ Gen Kanai's Mozilla weblog Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:29:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: middle school math teacher http://blog.mozilla.com/gen/2009/10/02/korea-paying-price-for-microsoft-monoculture/comment-page-1/#comment-105364 middle school math teacher Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:14:34 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/gen/?p=379#comment-105364 Good heavens I ain't living in Korea. Well, I feel sorry for Korean mac owners who would have to double their OSs just so they could take advantage of internet marketing, banking etc. Well I guess this isn't all bad, especially on the government's end because certainly this is a major way to stop online theft. And also definitely ALL-GOOD to Microsoft. A technology advanced and reliant country monopolized by one of the behemoths in the industry. Good heavens I ain’t living in Korea. Well, I feel sorry for Korean mac owners who would have to double their OSs just so they could take advantage of internet marketing, banking etc. Well I guess this isn’t all bad, especially on the government’s end because certainly this is a major way to stop online theft. And also definitely ALL-GOOD to Microsoft. A technology advanced and reliant country monopolized by one of the behemoths in the industry.

]]> By: Gen Kanai http://blog.mozilla.com/gen/2009/10/02/korea-paying-price-for-microsoft-monoculture/comment-page-1/#comment-96214 Gen Kanai Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:06:37 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/gen/?p=379#comment-96214 Brilliant! Brilliant!

]]> By: Blair McBride http://blog.mozilla.com/gen/2009/10/02/korea-paying-price-for-microsoft-monoculture/comment-page-1/#comment-96207 Blair McBride Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:20:46 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/gen/?p=379#comment-96207 Bah, that didn't go through. Here's Ballmer: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2665/3973448720_6b0385da62_o.png Bah, that didn’t go through. Here’s Ballmer: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2665/3973448720_6b0385da62_o.png

]]> By: Gen Kanai http://blog.mozilla.com/gen/2009/10/02/korea-paying-price-for-microsoft-monoculture/comment-page-1/#comment-96197 Gen Kanai Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:55:43 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/gen/?p=379#comment-96197 NM, sadly, if it was easy, it would have been changed a long time ago. There are a number of both technical and policy-based reasons why things are the way they are. First, the Koreans have conflated encryption and identification- their current system also provides identity information delivered with the requirement of their Korean National ID. (The equivalent would be if an Amazon.com user in the US was required to have and provide a US Social Security Number or US Passport number in order to make a simple purchase online.) Then there is the fact that every website is coded for IE and requires the use of IE and ActiveX, so it's no trivial matter to change every website for a new process. The Korean government needs to re-think their entire online policy and move away from plugins completely and support a cross-platform, cross-browser solution as we have everywhere in the rest of the world. NM, sadly, if it was easy, it would have been changed a long time ago.

There are a number of both technical and policy-based reasons why things are the way they are. First, the Koreans have conflated encryption and identification- their current system also provides identity information delivered with the requirement of their Korean National ID. (The equivalent would be if an Amazon.com user in the US was required to have and provide a US Social Security Number or US Passport number in order to make a simple purchase online.) Then there is the fact that every website is coded for IE and requires the use of IE and ActiveX, so it’s no trivial matter to change every website for a new process.

The Korean government needs to re-think their entire online policy and move away from plugins completely and support a cross-platform, cross-browser solution as we have everywhere in the rest of the world.

]]> By: NotMe http://blog.mozilla.com/gen/2009/10/02/korea-paying-price-for-microsoft-monoculture/comment-page-1/#comment-96195 NotMe Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:33:51 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/gen/?p=379#comment-96195 And???! whole world is gonna rely on Korean cars very soon, same situation. And???! whole world is gonna rely on Korean cars very soon, same situation.

]]> By: NM http://blog.mozilla.com/gen/2009/10/02/korea-paying-price-for-microsoft-monoculture/comment-page-1/#comment-96185 NM Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:24:32 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/gen/?p=379#comment-96185 I don't get it, how hard can it be to reimplement the damn crappy protocol? Or to use the Active X à la NDIS wrapper, through a proxy doing the dirty work? I don’t get it, how hard can it be to reimplement the damn crappy protocol? Or to use the Active X à la NDIS wrapper, through a proxy doing the dirty work?

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