Korea's Internet Is Mired in a Microsoft Monoculture

Re:Korea's Internet Is Mired in a Microsoft Monoculture by alexandros on Tuesday October 27, 2009 @05:47AM (#905147)

Apparently it was (is?) a legal requirement to use ActiveX

http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2008/07/activex-law-in-kor...

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Re:Korea's Internet Is Mired in a Microsoft Monoculture by nkassis on Tuesday October 27, 2009 @06:34AM (#905183)

Weird, I was under the impression that South Korea was a free market type place. And why would they only allow ActiveX to used? What would happen if a sited decided to use something else to offer the same functionality? Would they get fined?

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Re:Korea's Internet Is Mired in a Microsoft Monoculture by idlewords on Tuesday October 27, 2009 @07:12AM (#905208)

Monopolies are a natural phenomenon in unregulated markets. Not sure why you think this situation could not arise in a free market.

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Re:Korea's Internet Is Mired in a Microsoft Monoculture by nova on Tuesday October 27, 2009 @03:26PM (#906166)

What free market? Intellectual "property" IS a government-given monopoly.

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Re:Korea's Internet Is Mired in a Microsoft Monoculture by Kuytu on Tuesday October 27, 2009 @06:49AM (#905197)

I wouldn't necessarily call South Korea "free market", since there seems to be a lot of protectionism. Everyone who has been to Korea has probably noticed that almost everyone drives Korean cars and uses Korean phones. Taking that into consideration it seems quite odd that the government has tied the infrastructure to one vendor(which is not Korean).

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