Asia Catching Up with GNU/Linux Distributions
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| Little old stat but still … Distrowatch Weekly Newsletter noted back in it’s
| 13th August 2007 issue that Asia is fast catching up with the readership of
| Distrowatch.com website, which roughly translates to a keen interest in
| keeping in touch with, and downloading, various GNU/Linux and BSD
| distributions. The following table should shed some light on this
| development...
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| [...]
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| Number of visits from Japan were very high even in 2006 but the increase in
| visits from India over just seven months since then is remarkable.
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http://linux.wordpress.com/2007/11/17/asia-catching-up-with-gnulinux-distributions/
Related:
Asian governments driving demand for open source
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| Asian governments are pivotal to Red Hat Inc.'s goal of earning 60 percent of
| its revenue from outside the US by the end of 2009, said Matthew Szulik, the
| company's chairman, chief executive officer, and president, in a conference
| call on Thursday.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/102507-asian-governments-driving-demand-for.html
Asia to fuel Red Hat revenues
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| Red Hat expects 60 percent of its revenue to come from outside the United
| States by 2009, its company CEO said today.
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http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/business/0,39044229,62033793,00.htm
CICT to computerize 320 public high schools
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| The PCs are loaded with several open-source tools including EdUbuntu (a
| version of Ubuntu designed for schools), OpenOffice, Apache, MySQL and
| Mozilla Firefox, among others.
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http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view_article.php?article_id=95414
Red Hat sees FY07 greater China sales up 100 pct
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| 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
IBM Sets Up Linux Computer Support Center With Skybility Technology
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| Skybility Technology is a Shenzhen based professional IT company that
| specializes in Linux software development, technology services, system
| integration and value-added service distribution. It is also a leading Linux
| solutions and Linux services provider in China.
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http://www.chinatechnews.com/2007/10/17/5969-ibm-sets-up-linux-computer-support-center-with-skybility-technology/
China Produces $130 Computers for Less Developed Regions
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| Sichuan based computer maker Sinomanic launched production of a
| series of low-end computers for the less developed regions in
| China. Priced as low as 998RMB ($130), these computers will
| include a Linux operating system, MIPS processor, multimedia
| and network supports. Internet browsing and documentp
| rocessing software will also be packaged into these systems.
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http://www.redlinechina.com/main/?q=node/161
ELCOT's success story of Suse linux migration
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| Electronic Corporation of TamilNadu, India is the Information Technology
| arm of Government of TamilNadu, India. ELCOT is a fully owned Government
| Company. ELCOT migrated all its operations to suse linux OS within a
| period of 12 months. This video shares the success story of ELCOT in
| the suse linux migration (June 2007)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_g72GcaIdc
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