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:Taipei Times: Government Says All New PCs Must be Linux-Friendly
Taipei Times: Government Says All New PCs Must be Linux-Friendly
Jun 4, 2006, 14 :00 UTC (8 Talkback[s]) (7569 reads)

(Other stories by Jason Tan)

[ Thanks to Brenton for this link. ]

"The government-run Central Trust of China has mandated for the first time that all desktop computers purchased from now on must be Linux-compatible, demonstrating the government's desire to widen the nation's usage of open source software.

"'It is a global trend that Linux is gaining wider adoption due to its lower costs and better adaptability,' Mike Lin, a consultant at the Taipei Computer Association (TCA), told the Taipei Times yesterday..."

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New York Times/CNET News: IBM Sought a China Partnership, Not Just a Sale(Dec 14, 2004)
Technetra: Tracking the Open Source Front(Aug 23, 2004)
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LinuxInsider: For China, Linux Has Lots To Like(Mar 31, 2004)


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Microsoft made a statement, but it came  ...   Funny...   
Bob Robertson
Jun 4, 2006, 19:24:09
 
I guess that means that Lenovo is out of ...   Lenovo out of the running ?   
dag
Jun 4, 2006, 22:21:51
 
This could throw a huge wrench in MS&#39 ...   Paying attention Intel?   
Kevin
Jun 4, 2006, 23:16:09
 
> I guess that means that Lenovo is out  ...   Re: Lenovo out of the running ?   
blackhole
Jun 5, 2006, 03:06:47
 
... given the success of getting childre ...   Not surprising   
Finalzone
Jun 5, 2006, 05:17:03
 
Please read or re-read the Levono announ ...   Re: Re: Lenovo out of the running ?   
GerardM
Jun 5, 2006, 09:14:58
 
We all know, because we are told so, tha ...   Re: Funny...   
Sid Boyce
Jun 5, 2006, 11:55:45
 
Large buyers making these sorts of deman ...   Simple Linux hardware driver   
Jose
Jun 6, 2006, 12:56:33
 
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