Second take: Open Source Software World Summit 2007 in Guangzhou [China]
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| The way the discussion went, was not too unexpected. The Chinese
| participants, most of them high representatives of public institutions,
| emphasized the hard effort of the government and local administrations to
| support and promote OSS. The reason is quite clear. China wants and needs a
| strong software industry, but still faces a huge gap in productivity and
| know-how, compared to the U.S., Europe and India. To close this gap, using
| OSS products as base for progress, seems to be quite logical, because it
| enables the growing IT industry to get into business, without starting from
| scratch.
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| [...]
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| For me, it's hard to see an alternative for the governmental top-down support
| of China's OSS community in the moment.
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http://www.zdnetasia.com/blog/opensource/0,39060102,62026620,00.htm
Recent:
China's Linux coming-of-age
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| China's brand of open source software Linux has come of age and achieved
| excellence, said Lu Shouqun, president of the China Open Source Software
| Promotion Union during the "Summit Forum of Open Source action and China's
| information industry development" held in Guangzhou on Jun. 21. China is
| proving to be a fertile ground for the open software Linux...
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http://www.chinaknowledge.com/news/news-detail.aspx?id=8781#8044962826217713646
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Flag_Linux
Linux becomes mature and achieves excellence
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| According to statistics from the China Open Source Software Promotion
| Union, Linux's sales in the Chinese market reached 218 million Yuan in
| 2006, up 41 percent, and higher than the international average. In 2006,
| in the domestic market, seven million computers in the domestic market
| were signed up for pre-installation of Linux, making up 35 percent of
| the computers in the Chinese market. This all demonstrates that Linux
| has great development potential. Some domestic Linux manufacturers are
| also collaborating with international IT companies to constantly improve
| their product lines. The domestic brand, Linux, has essentially matured.
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http://english.people.com.cn/200706/25/eng20070625_387493.html#9566721867012069773
First take: OSS World Summit 2007 in Guangzhou
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| IBM's vice president of China Software Development Laboratory, Josephine
| Cheng, told the audience how the company's deals with "innovation with
| Linux and open source" and making it a billion dollar business.
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http://www.zdnetasia.com/blog/opensource/0,39060102,62024532,00.htm
Red Hat Appoints Technology Leader to Drive Business in Greater China
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| Andrew Hu Joins Red Hat as President of Red Hat Operations in Greater China
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http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070624/20070624005017.html?.v=1
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