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Hancom, Inc. (called ''Haansoft Corporation'' in English until early 2010; ; literal translation: Hangul and Computer) Hancom (KOSDAQ: HAANSOFT) is an office suite developer in Korea. Established in 1990, the company created the native word processor for the Korean language called Hangul. The story of Hancom mirrors the fortunes of Korea’s reborn software industry through support from the government. In 1998, the company nearly went bust although it had been considered a national treasure: bad management, the Asian financial crisis and software piracy had brought the company to its knees. Microsoft, which had about 15% market penetration in office apps at the time in Korea, offered US$20 million to Hancom to stop producing Hangul and instead resell its localized Word program. For a small investment, Microsoft would have wiped out its main competitor completely in Korea, one of the few countries in the world that had still resisted wide adoption of its office suite. When the news of the deal broke, Koreans united in national fervor and raised over US$10 million through a national campaign to save the company. In addition, Hancom’s near-bankruptcy brought the issue of software piracy under the national spotlight. As a result, Koreans began to pay for their software.〔 As of March 2015, Hancom employs 368 people.〔 The company has been profitable for nine consecutive years, with an estimated sales of KRW 54.5 billion (US$48.6 million) for last year.〔 == Hancom Office == (詳細はウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hancom」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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