Google China's open source ambitions
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| Google seems eager to become the front door to the open source industry.
| For Google China, however, open source holds an even greater importance
| to the company.
|
| "Why does Google use open source? The reason is very simple -- we must
| take our fate into our own hands. To China, the situation is just the
| same," said president of Google China, Dr. Kai-Fu Lee, during a talk at the
| 2006 Open Source China Conference held in Beijing on August 24 and 25.
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http://business.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/09/18/1835233&from=rss
In China, all newly-delivered PC's must be Linux-ready. As such, it's headed
towards Linux with a huge number of government desktops that are switched to
Linux. People will soon get their hands on nothing but genuinely free
software.
Also see:
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/50004.html
Linux Set to Soar in China
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2006/06/03/2003311446
Government says all new PCs must be Linux-friendly
http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2006/01/a_big_step_for.html
"China has long been seen as a fertile ground for Linux and other open source
software. In a country where more than 90% of software in use is pirated, it
seems like a natural fit."
China seizes millions of illegal CDs, DVDs in 100-day crackdown
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| China has confiscated more than eight million illegal CDs and DVDs as part
| of a 100-day crackdown on pirated movies and computer software.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060817/bs_afp/chinacopyrightcrime
China to produce $125 (Linux) PC
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| A Chinese outfit is hoping to release a PC which will hit the shops with a
| price tag of $125.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34355
China looks to open-source community for advice
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| China is counting on senior members of the open-source community to
| help formulate policy ideas to promote open-source software, according
| to a local software executive.
|
| The China Open-Source Software Promotion Union (COPU), a government-backed
| industry group, has established a think tank comprised of 19 prominent
| open-source executives from overseas to develop a framework for better
| international cooperation.
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/05/18/78442_HNchinaopensource_1.html?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/05/18/78442_HNchinaopensource_1.html
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| Many such vendors previously sold PCs with free operating systems such as
| Linux or none at all...
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| Observers believe the Chinese vendors signed their deals with Microsoft
| in April under pressure from Beijing, which is trying to show it is
| making serious efforts to stamp out piracy -- a major complaint from
| many Western governments.
|
| In late March, the Chinese government went so far as to issue a
| decree requiring PC makers to install a licensed operating system on
| each machine before it left the factory.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060601/bs_nm/china_microsoft_dc
China's Linux Adoption Threat to Microsoft?
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| Most recently, China has been placing their bets on Linux over Windows as
| the dominant OS for their needs. And one of the best examples of this on
| the desktop front would have to be with Turbolinux. The distribution has
| been so widely accepted by the Chinese that even HP has decided to begin
| selling PCs with the OS preinstalled for distribution. But it doesn't
| stop there. China has a distribution of its very own; you may know it as
| Red Flag Linux.
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http://www.osweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2249&Itemid=449
75% of Chinese PCs hit by viruses
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| The People's Daily said a government department estimated 75% of computers
| in China were the target of viruses between May 2005 to May 2006.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33667
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