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Desktop Linux Market Share Will Rise, Thanks to Microsoft
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| Yes, Microsoft was happy to let China pirate
| Windows in order to get them âaddictedâ to it.
| A decade later just as Bill Gates said, they
| are in the business of collecting from the
| very junkies they created. One has to wonder
| what China would be using, had Microsoft not
| allowed this to happen. Exactly ten years
| since Bill Gatesâ speech, Microsoft stepped up
| anti-piracy campaigns in China.
|
| Microsoft is searching for ways to make people
| pay for Windows (and rightly so) but the
| harder they make it and the more they lock the
| system down, the more attractive other options
| become.
|
| In August last year, four Chinese people were
| fined and sentenced to 3.5 years jail for
| distributing a pirated version of Windows XP,
| called Tomato Garden.
|
| Microsoft said:
|
| âThe case served as a warning to anyone
| thinking about knocking off Windows 7, a
| new-generation Windows operating system.â
|
| Microsoft allowed the Chinese to pirate
| previous versions of Windows, but now with
| Windows 7 out itâs finally time to collect.
| This court case did serve as a timely reminder
| of the consequences of piracy, but will it
| have the desired effect that Microsoft is
| seeking?
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http://www.linux-mag.com/cache/7669/1.html
"It's easier for our software to compete with Linux when there's piracy than
when there's not."
--Bill Gates
Recent:
Ubuntu Linux Clone Looks Like Windows XP
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| Now, the next logical question: Do businesses
| and consumers want an Ubuntu Linux release
| that essentially looks and feels like Windows
| XP?
|
| Hmmmâ In The VAR Guyâs own home his kids
| already move seamlessly between Windows XP,
| Mac OS X and Canonicalâs more traditional
| Ubuntu user interface. The âmythâ that desktop
| Linux has a difficult learning curve is just
| thatâ a myth.
|
| And besides, it doesnât sound like Ylmf OS is
| pushing beyond China anytime soon. Stillâ you
| never can tell how software will potentially
| go viral across the web.
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http://www.thevarguy.com/2010/01/05/ubuntu-linux-clone-looks-like-windows-xp/
US company sues China for Green Dam 'code theft'
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| An American company has filed a $2.2bn
| (Â1.4bn) lawsuit in the US accusing Beijing of
| stealing lines of code from its internet
| filtering software.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8442771.stm
China to nurture open source software development
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| China intends to nurture the development of
| open source software in 2011-2015, according to
| the Ministry of Science and Technology.
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http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/3713424
Research and Markets: 2008-2009 Annual Report on China's Open-Source Software
Market
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| Research and Markets
| (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/379dcc/20082009_annual_r) has
| announced the addition of the "2008-2009 Annual Report on China's Open-Source
| Software Market" report to their offering.
|
| Vendors Involved: Red Flag Software Co., Ltd., Novell, China Standard
| Software, Red Hat, Turolinux, Redflag Chinese 2000, etc.
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http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/technology/research-markets---annual-report-chinas-open-source-software-market/
China's Linux market sees massive growth
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| SALES REVENUE in the Chinese Linux market shot through the bamboo roof during
| the first three quarters of 2008, up 17 per cent year-on-year, only to slow
| down a bit in the last quarter due to the slowing economic climate.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/975/1049975/china-s-linux-market-sees-massive-growth
International Open Source Comunity focus on China
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| The OW2 Consortium, an independent industry community dedicated to developing
| open source middleware announced the launch of its Chinese web platform.
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http://www.zdnetasia.com/blogs/opensource/0,3800011233,63007799,00.htm
Chinese ordered to stop using pirate software
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| Officials push for Linux OS
|
| A CITY IN CHINA has required Internet cafà operators to replace pirated
| software with legitimate versions â the officials primarily pushing Linux.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/03/chinese-ordered-away-pirate
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