Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Government says all new PCs must be Linux-friendly
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> | The government-run Central Trust of China has mandated for the first
> | time that all desktop computers purchased from now on must be
> | Linux-compatible, demonstrating the government's desire to widen
> | the nation's usage of open source software.
> |
> | "It is a global trend that Linux is gaining wider adoption due to
> | its lower costs and better adaptability," Mike Lin, a consultant
> | at the Taipei Computer Association (TCA), told the Taipei Times
> | yesterday.
> `----
>
> http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2006/06/03/2003311446
"Thirty-three desktop models from hardware vendors including Acer, Asustek,
Lenovo and Hewlett-Packard Taiwan, were certified Linux-compatible, while
four models each from Gigabyte Technology and Synnex Technology
International were still under evaluation, according to the newspaper
report."
Oh... so I better not buy Gigabyte$ and Synnex$!!!
I wonder anyone using Foxconn and/or the Award$ bios will
automatigally find themselves
excluded because AMI bios is so much better when it comes to supporting
USB boot and other Linux defacto standard features.
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