__/ [ BearItAll ] on Thursday 29 March 2007 15:54 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Dell releases low-cost Linux desktops...in China
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Dell, for example, has sold tens of thousands of Linux-based PCs
>> | to elementary schools in China, running Sun Wah Linux -- a
>> | Chinese distribution of Linux based on Debian.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/linux/2007/0326linux2.html
>>
>
> Oh look, another web page that overlaps the divs and scrunches them
> together.
>
> But still I'll forgive this time because I like the sound of 'tens of
> thousands of linux-based PCs to elementary schools'.
>
> That means that at home their parents will want Linux PCs so that the kids
> are using the same software at home as they use at school. How many chinese
> are they again, 1.3 billion.
>
> Gads, where do they get that much rice.
If you look at the links appended (probably too many of them to be useful),
you'll see that the government is not interested in software that phones
that other democratic country. As a matter of policy, China wishes to moves
to Red Flag Linux (maybe they'll plant some of their own code in it).
Government says all new PCs must be Linux-friendly
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2006/06/03/2003311446
China market: Microsoft has over 89% of desktop OS market value in 4Q06
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| In terms of shipment volume, Microsoft also accounted for the
| largest proportion with a 65.26% share for its Windows operating
| system, followed by Linux-based Red Flag Software at 12.59% and
| China Standard Software (CS2C) at 6.64%, Analysts indicated.
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http://www.digitimes.com/systems/a20070312PR205.html
Diplomats in China are having a powwow with Bill Gates every now and then,
but I'm not sure how effective that it. Bear in mind that China has recently
joined an international pact (also includes Brasil) which strives to give a
boost to FLOSS. Those few schools that adopt Linux at a high scale could
serve as case studies, as well as show what needs improving (if anything
isn't sufficiently mature yet).
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~~ Best wishes
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