Re: [SLUG] Linux in China

From: Smitty (76543a@mpinet.net)
Date: Fri May 18 2001 - 11:22:54 EDT


They will not bow to ms, that is for sure.
Smitty

patrick wrote:
>
> On Thursday 17 May 2001 06:05 pm, you wrote:
> > I don't know about that, yet. ms is still the most prevalent (and
> > pirated) op sys south of the Great Wall. It will gradually be used
> > more, but China is relatively slow to change.
> > Smitty
> >
> > patrick wrote:
> > > yep, Linux is taking over China too.
> > >
> > > http://www.mandrakesoft.com/community/mandrakesoftnews
>
> yes, in many ways china is slow to change. but i have
> read for months and months that the chinese government
> wants to change their computer to linux. and if many
> of the chinese people do the same there wont be that
> need to pirate software. i also read a few months ago
> that microsoft went after a man in china for pirating
> their software. it practically created a revolt in china.
> i believe the chinese will do like the rest of us. they will
> either bow to microsoft or join in with the linux revolution.



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