On Monday, August 25, 2003, at 4:56 PM, Katinka Mills wrote:
Macintouch 25.8.03
Cnet Asia reports on a Chinese initiative to eliminate Windows
dependence:
A new policy from China's governing body states that all government
ministries must buy only locally produced software at the next upgrade
cycle.
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ROFLAMO, this is great only for one problem, what will replace it, I
know of
no "locally produced" software from china. Most of the *nix's are
international collaborations </me shrugs, maybe some new upstart
business in
China will start making OS and Office software> Anything is better
than M$
only wish the companies that manufactured engineering tools like Protel
would listen (that is all that keeps this machine using M$ software)
They will probably start with this <http://www.redflag-linux.com>
And then add a home grown office package.
Boom. Say bye bye to profitable MS software in China.
- Matt
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