Hi, I'm forwarding this to Pui-Lam Wong.. Charles. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Marketing] 140,000 desktops Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 10:36:28 +0100 From: Alexandro Colorado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: dev@marketing.openoffice.org Organization: OpenOffice.org ES To: dev@marketing.openoffice.org References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 08:30:31 +0100, Jacqueline McNally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > China Awards Six-Figure Desktop Linux Rollout > [Tom Dunlap, Yahoo News, 5 Oct 2005] > http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20051006/tc_cmp/171203414 > > "A Chinese software vendor has won a contract to deliver one of the > nation's biggest Linux deployments to date, including more than 140,000 > desktop PCs." > > [...] > > "Sun Wah Linux will install RAYS LX, its Debian-based Linux workstation > distro, as the default operating system on the desktop PCs. . According > to Minou Nguyen, a U.S.-based Sun Wah Linux spokesperson, although the > project at one time specified Microsoft Windows as the desktop OS, Sun > Wah "managed to turn these desktops into dual-boot machines with RAYS LX > as the preferred loading OS."" > > For informtion about RAYS LX, see: > http://www.sw-linux.com/en/scripts/main/viewitem.php?unitemid=8148461108981512&itemid=8656821109090776&showid=products&catid=platforms > > "Applications > > * OpenOffice.org > * Mozilla web browser > * Mozilla email client > * GGV Postscript viewer > * gThumb photo album > * GIMP image manipulation program > * BeepMedia audio player > * Totem video player" > > I'm not sure if Pui-Lam is still subscribed to this list, so have cc'd > to see if he has any other information about the roll-out. > > All the best > Jacqueline McNally > Lead, OpenOffice.org Marketing Project > I wonder what happened with that news about Sun hiring half of china to produce a massive ammount of JDS to the market about a year ago. http://software.itmanagersjournal.com/article.pl?sid=03/11/18/020210&mode=thread&tid=67&tid=74 -- Alexandro Colorado CoLeader of OpenOffice.org ES http://es.openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
