flatfish+++ <flatfish@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 10:21:33 -0700, billwg wrote:
>
>>
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>> Red Hat sees FY07 greater China sales up 100 pct
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Red Hat Inc., a distributor of open-source Linux software, expects its
>>> | sales in the greater China region to double in fiscal 2007 and grow by
>>> | 85 percent in fiscal 2008, an executive said on Tuesday. "Our plan is to
>>> | have 100 percent growth this year, and 85 percent growth next year,"
>>> | Michael Chen, general manager of Red Hat China, told Reuters in an
>>> | interview.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20060926:MTFH04213_2006-09-26_06-26-12_SHA306441&type=comktNews&rpc=44
>>> http://tinyurl.com/rdrsg
>>
>>>From the article:
>>
>> "Red Hat posted total sales of $278.3 million for the last business
>> year through February. The firm's greater China region, which includes
>> Hong Kong, mainland China and Taiwan, made up 2 percent of that figure,
>> he added."
>>
>> Let me see here now. RHAT sold 278M of which 2% was in Hong Kong,
>> China, and Taiwan. That's every bit of $5M to $6M bucks! Wow! And
>> they think they'll do $10M or so next year, too.
>>
>> Well, $5M is a lot of money for linux, but some other news seems to
>> overpower it:
>>
>> "That move prompted Chinese PC manufacturer Lenovo, which acquired
>> IBM's PC unit in May 2005, to announce it would purchase $1.2 billion
>> worth of Windows operating systems, to be pre-loaded into Lenovo PCs
>> made in China.
>>
>> China's other top PC makers, including Founder, Tsinghua Tongfang,
>> and TCL, have placed software orders with Microsoft totaling $430
>> million."
>>
>> Sort of makes RHAT out to be a witless chump by comparison, eh, royboy?
>>
>> Not to mention:
>>
>> "Microsoft plans to spend in excess of $3.7 billion in China over the
>> next five years, company officials said Wednesday in Beijing.
>>
>> The announcement came on the heels of Chinese President Hu Jintao's
>> visit to Microsoft's Redmond headquarters and the home of Microsoft
>> Chairman Bill Gates. "
>>
>> So Bill has the big fella out to the house for a little dim sum and
>> voila! LOL!!! Who loves ya, baby?
>
>
> As usual Roi Boi shoots himself in the foot.
>
>
> This is better than a good Bugs Bunny Cartoon!
>
>
Bad news for Linux alright. Damn, I had, foolishly, believed Roy on the
China thing. It would seem that the Chinks have realised that there
aren't the support facilities for 200 billion little chaps to
simultaneously phone in and ask how they can edit the xorg.conf in order
to change their screen resolution from 320x200.
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