Great Linux Joins Hands with MySQL
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| The world's most popular open source database MySQL AB and Great Linux
| Inc. jointly announced in recent days the establishment of the
| co-invested MySQL China R&D center.
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| [...]
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| Great Linux, a China-based open source software solution and
| technological service provider, devotes itself to promoting the LAMP
| framework (namely Linux operating system, Apache network server, MySQL
| database, and Perl/Python/PHP programming language) using open source code
| in the Chinese market.
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| [...]
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| Open source software product is growing quickly worldwide, and China, as
| one of the fast-developing economies, possesses the huge user foundation
| and a legion of open source product development institutions, said David
| Axmark. MySQL notices the rapid development of the Chinese market and
| expects to make more contribution to the Chinese open source cause.
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http://storage.ittoolbox.com/news/display.asp?i=148211&t=6
Recent news regarding Linux in China:
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| "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
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 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.
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| 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
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
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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
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