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!
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