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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ High Plains Thumper ] on Friday 28 July 2006 12:47 \__
>
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>> High Plains Thumper on Friday
>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Beijing Co-Create Claims 50,000 Linux Desktops
>>>>>
>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>> | Beijing Co-Create Open Source Software Co Ltd claims that it is in
>>>>> | line to migrate 50,000 Asian business and government desktops from
>>>>> | Windows to Co-Create Linux as clients migrate to Linux rather than
>>>>> | Windows Vista.
>>>>> `----
>>>>>
>>
> http://www.computerwire.com/industries/research/?pid=7363757F%2DF338%2D455F%2DA048%2DAFC63DBA0B03
>>>>
>>>> I'm all for it. That means 50,000 legal systems out there. That also
>>>> means 50,000 less Microsoft Windows systems out there.
>>>
>>> What actually hit me is this: government desktops? China?
>>> Expect the Chinese to embrace OpenDocument Format very, very
>>> soon. And that's the largest population in the world. India
>>> has already shown its affinity for ODF.
>>
>> Figuring China has 1.2 billion people and say, 1% is Government, then
>> 12,000,000 people are Government. 50,000 is a drop in the bucket, not
>> including already deployed systems. I bet things accelerate quickly.
>
> A lot of China is rural, I suspect. Additionally, the number
> of machine per person/employee is probably rather low.
> Beijing is among the more developed and influential areas.
> This large deployment will also beg for interoperability,
> which is best off achieved through migration to something
> /free/ and independent from 'Those Democrats in the West'.
>
China is also a command-economy - everyone works for the government,
pretty much. Of the 1.2E09 people, let's say 6E08 are eligible for
work, and let's say that 10% of them have desk jobs, which would lead to
a potential 6E07 possible desktops... hmmm, scary..
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