[Linux-Anyway] Re: An Alternative to Microsoft Gains Support in High Places
- From: Mike Peters <mpeters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Linux-Anyway@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 23:41:09 +0300
On Thu, 5 Sep 2002 08:01:00 -0700 (PDT)
Meph Istopheles <Meph@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The motivations and actions by foreign governments vary somewhat,
> but mostly they seem to be trying to ensure competition. That was
> the stance taken by a delegation of Chinese officials involved in
> developing their software industry, who visited the United States
> last month.
>
> In an interview, Jiang Guangzhi, director of a software
> development center in Shanghai, discussed the progress made in
> China on various Linux projects and emphasized that the
> government did not want one company "to manipulate or dominate
> the Chinese market." With its entry into the World Trade
> Organization, China is facing increased pressure to crack down on
> software piracy, adding to the appeal of free software like
> Linux, Mr. Jiang said.
I've just come back from a talk given by Prof YuFang Sun, chairman of
Redflag Linux in China. Interesting. Redflag has basically become *the*
government approved OS there with potentially billions of users.
Apparantly the Chinese have less probs adapting to linux because most
users either are coming from a Unix background anyway or are seeing a
desktop for the first time.
--
Mike
Registered Linux User #247123
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ruled by logic and the harmony of numbers, but the plain fact was that
the disc was manifestly traversing space on the back of a giant turtle
and the gods had a habit of going round to atheists' houses and smashing
their windows.
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