Dell's "secret Linux fling" not so secret
,----[ Quote ]
| To show how 'not so secret' this all is, please let me quote an
| interesting line from the Asianux site;
|
| "As the base software of IT system, Asianux has gotten full
| support from many global partners including Adaptec, AMD, BEA, CA,
| Dell, EMC, Emulex, HP, Hitachi, IBM, Intel, NEC, Oracle, Samsung
| Electronics, SAP, Stratus Technologies and Symantec just to name a few."
|
| Very secret, huh? I wish it was easier to find out how Linux is
| doing in the east, but from experience I can say it's rather
| hard to find out, since sooner or later, you arrive at
| Chinese-only pages. However, we should still look at the pages
| that _are_ in English, since they present interesting information.
| It seems OEM's in the east are supporting Linux, in contrary to
| what they do in the Western world.
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http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/78195/index.html
Related:
China Linux Market Will Grow at Annual Rate of 34%, Says R&M
,----[ Quote ]
| It is predicted that in China, Linux market (both server and client)
| will grow with an annual rate of 34 %. The client-side share growth
| will be comparatively faster.
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http://eb-asia.com/article.asp?id=7528
Hasee PCs Preinstall Linux Desktop
,----[ Quote ]
| Co-Create, founded in 2001, is a Beijing-based software company
| specializing in development, production and application of Linux
| and the cross-platform office suite sponsored by 8 Chinese
| well-known IT companies.
|
| Co-Create made great achievements in 2006 thanks to the
| regulations on the pre-installation of computer operating
| system software. Many computer manufacturers, including Lenovo,
| HP and Dell all cooperated with Co-Create. 23 Dell computer
| models sold in China all completely preinstall Linux operating
| systems.
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http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&newsid=7969
http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2006/01/a_big_step_for.html
,----[ Quote ]
| "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."
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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
China looks to open-source community for advice
,----[ Quote ]
| 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
,----[ Quote ]
| Many such vendors previously sold PCs with free operating systems such as
| Linux or none at all...
|
| 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?
,----[ Quote ]
| 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
China to produce $125 (Linux) PC
,----[ Quote ]
| 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
Xinjiang Clusters Panasas
,----[ Quote ]
| Currently, Xinjiang Oil Company is running 12 Panasas Storage Clusters
| in conjunction with 600-node Linux clusters at the company's Department
| of Earth Science in western China.
|
| [...]
|
| "The object-based Panasas storage solution totally turns things around
| by giving us the things we were looking for--high performance,
| expansibility, stability, dependability, and simplified management...
`----
http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=105015&WT.svl=wire2_1
China gets a lesson on Open Source Intellectual Property Rights
,----[ Quote ]
| The Open Invention Network (OIN) hosted a panel discussion in Beijing
| last Wednesday, October 11th... The emergence of organizations such as
| OIN and Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) is very positive to the
| Open Source Movement. It legitimizes the grass roots efforts of Linux
| Champions, such as Linus Torvalds and Richard Stallman.
`----
http://www.zdnetasia.com/blog/opensource/0,39060102,61959441,00.htm
Car PCs mount in dashboards, run Linux
,----[ Quote ]
| Hong Kong based mini-PC manufacturing specialist SD-Omega has added
| a pair of high-end models to its extensive line of more than 20
| Linux-friendly car PC models. The SD631C and PCI-slot-equipped
| SD631CH support Intel Pentium M and Celeron M processors at over
| 2GHz, and include car-specific features.
`----
http://www.linux.org//news/2006/10/31/0006.html
Behind the upsurge in Chinese open source communities
,----[ Quote ]
| Part of the momentum behind this change comes from the Chinese
| government, which now regards open source communities as a key to
| its software industry and will put more resources toward them in its
| eleventh Five-Year-Plan period (2006-2010). "As a banner of China's
| Linux industry, Red Flag no doubt has more responsibilities to
| advocate the government's new tactic.
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http://trends.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/10/27/1829255&from=rss
Ubuntu's official launch in China
,----[ Quote ]
| Mark Shuttleworth, founder of the Ubuntu project, was in Beijing
| last week for Ubuntu's official China launch. The event was
| overwhelmingly successful.
`----
http://www.zdnetasia.com/blog/opensource/0,39060102,61965081,00.htm
RPLinux: China's Answer to the $100 PC
,----[ Quote ]
| What do you think? Can China succeed in making a true seamless blend of
| their Linux distribution of choice with their home grown hardware? It's
| no small feat to be sure; however, I personally believe that they are
| likely up to the challenge.
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http://www.osweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2350&Itemid=468
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.
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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
China's Digit Digit Adds Linux-based Flames
,----[ Quote ]
| The latest version of the VFX system - Flame 2007 - takes advantage of
| 64-bit multi-core computing, storage and networking technologies to
| provide large productivity gains for users performing compositing,
| tracking, color correction and visual effects.
`----
http://www.postmagazine.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=news&mod=News&mid=9A02E3B96F2A415ABC72CB5F516B4C10&tier=3&nid=757A20D85AED457E9DA74AFD3E19D8B0
http://tinyurl.com/yggx4b
China has its own open document format
,----[ Quote ]
| Put this in your pipe and smoke it: China has its own open document
| format, the Uniform Office Format (UOF), that they are working to
| harmonize with ODF...
|
| All the plotting and planning here in the US was for absolutely
| nothing. ODF wins.
`----
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20061108134931144
Converter Enables Conversion Between ODF & Chinese Document Format (UOF)
,----[ Quote ]
| Peking University recently released a program to convert office
| documents between OpenDocument Format and the Specification for
| the Chinese office file format based on XML (UOF for short).
`----
http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/77350/index.html
Wake Up Morning Post
,----[ Quote ]
| Open Source companies in China can't look to the likes of IBM, SUN
| and Novell to bring them out of their closets through acquisition,
| partnerships or staunching Microsoft's growth. Chinese companies are
| going to have to learn to compete as their Western peers have.
`----
http://www.zdnetasia.com/blog/opensource/0,39060102,61966769,00.htm
Treachery In The Trenches
,----[ Quote ]
| I believe that most people do not grasp the immense entity of Microsoft.
| This is an organization and a man who commands the attention and bidding
| of world leaders. On a recent trip to America, the President of China
| spent his first evening in the United States, not with our President,
| but Bill Gates. He was the guest of the Gates mansion that first
| evening and the guest of honor for a dinner attended by over one
| hundred people. Why? To ask him to crack down on Software piracy
| and to insure that his computer manufacturers put Microsoft Windows
| on thier newly made machines instead of shipping them with no OS. He
| didn't see the President of the United States for over 36 hours...he
| spent that time with Bill Gates at his home and at the Redmond
| Campus.
`----
http://blog.lobby4linux.com/index.php?/archives/88-Treachery-In-The-Trenches.html
IBM to Shift China Focus Toward Tech, Linux
,----[ Quote ]
| "Our business is changing, so our investment in China will also
| change," said Michael Cannon-Brookes, IBM's vice-president of
| business development for China and India.
|
| He said the technology firm's investments will go to areas such as
| IT service, business transformation, Linux operating systems, and
| people. IBM has already invested billions of U.S. dollars in China.
`----
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/54277.html
Red Flag Linux may be next on IBM's agenda
,----[ Quote ]
| Jollans also addressed a question about why IBM did not release its own
| Linux distribution several years ago.
|
| "We thought that if IBM was in the market as an 800-pound gorilla, it
| would have a negative effect on the Linux market. We won't do something
| that sets us against the community," he said.
`----
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/092206-red-flag-linux-may-be.html
Korea:
Haansoft Teams Up with Redgate, Targets Linux Market in Asia
,----[ Quote ]
| Haansoft said on Wednesday that it had teamed up with domestic
| security firm Redgate to reinforce security for 'Asianux.'
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http://english.etnews.co.kr/news/detail.html?id=200701110004
Consumers in No Hurry for Vista Upgrade
,----[ Quote ]
| In a survey of 4,144 members of Danawa.com, a price comparison site,
| only 14 percent of respondents said that they will immediately upgrade
| to the Vista platform when Microsoft releases it on January 30.
`----
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/biz/200612/kt2006122918214111890.htm
First phase of Korea's open-source city is high success
,----[ Quote ]
| Following the trend of open source adaptation in major cities worldwide,
| one of the major Korean cities, Gwangju Metropolitan City, successfully
| jumped onto the open source transition, receiving spotlight from related
| industry.
`----
http://www.zdnet.co.kr/etc/eyeon/enterprise/0,39036961,39154182,00.htm
South Korea's ETRI develops advanced Linux desktop search system, puts end to
erroneous results
,----[ Quote ]
| On 21st, South Korean R&D firm ETRI announced that they have developed new
| Linux desktop search system, 'antbear'. The antbear can analyze and run
| advanced text searches, producing more accurate results by precisely
| analyzing the search words.
`----
http://www.zdnet.co.kr/etc/eyeon/internet/0,39036962,39154048,00.htm
An open source development project 'Winter of Code' just got launched!
,----[ Quote ]
| Soonseon Kwon, who runs KLDP (Korean Linux Documentation Project)
| said, "This is the first ever open source event in Korea and I hope
| it will serve as a good opportunity to promote the open source to
| Korean students. I also hope that both the students and resulting
| projects can put a positive effect on the open source community."
`----
http://www.zdnet.co.kr/etc/eyeon/enterprise/0,39036961,39153660,00.htm
'Genome Project' Led by Open Source HPC
,----[ Quote ]
| The BLAST tool module is highly compatible to run on Linux
| platform with advantage of considerably faster result compared
| to running on other platform.
`----
http://www.zdnet.co.kr/etc/eyeon/enterprise/0,39036961,39153485,00.htm
Army Considers Shift to Open-Source Programs
,----[ Quote ]
| Following the trend of the nation's government agencies, universities
| and post offices, the South Korean military is considering jumping onto
| the open-source bandwagon.
|
| Open source refers to programs, of which source codes are available for
| use or modification by anyone. The codes are not owned by an individual
| or company.
|
| [...]
|
| The Army has shown interest in open-source programs, such as Linux, over
| the past few years, and it began two pilot runs with Linux recently.
|
| It plans to invest up to 400 million won this year to build an education
| center for open-source software and establish systems to run war-game
| simulations based on Linux.
|
| In addition, Army computer officials met with Linux experts at the
| state-backed Korea IT Industry Promotion Agency (KIPA) late last month
| to delve into the feasibility of its Linux scheme.
|
| "At the request of the Army, we visited them to explain Linux in late
| August," a KIPA official said. "We hope it deploys Linux as its main
| operating system."
|
| "If the Army that puts security and stability first selects Linux, it
| would provide momentum for the country's open-source initiative since
| the decision would assure people of the reliability of Linux," he added.
|
| Linux is free software that offers an alternative operating system to
| the closed-door Windows operating program owned by Microsoft, which
| today dominates the global market.
|
| The Korean government is working to reduce its reliance on Windows by
| strengthening the presence of Linux and other open-source programs.
|
| Korea Post, the country's postal service provider, last year started a
| four-year program to install a Linux-based operating system on thousands
| of PCs in its nationwide branches.
|
| A new online information system for schools, dubbed the National
| Education Information System, also opted to use Linux-powered platforms
| on its 2,331 servers last year.
|
| In addition, earlier this year, the government designated Kwangju City as
| a Linux city and the Gangwon Provincial University as a Linux university.
| The two organizations have installed open-source software as their primary
| operating systems.
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http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/200609/kt2006091517155210440.htm
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