__/ [ 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'.
Best wishes,
Roy
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