Asia Times: Software Warriors Enter the Asian Arena
Sep 08, 2004, 22:00 (1 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Martin Young)
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"As the software developers of the world continue to expand
their products in pursuit of market domination, a new battlefield
has emerged and the power struggle for control is stronger than
ever. Asia is the latest arena for digital warfare, and the two
heavyweights locked in combat at the moment are Microsoft and
Linux.
"The two competitors are offering regionally specific software
to entice the world's most rapidly expanding information-technology
(IT) market. As open-source Linux software gains momentum in Asia,
Microsoft is pulling out the big guns with a new operating system
to counter the threat..."
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