How Microsoft Conquered China
Jul 10, 2007, 19:30 (6 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by David Kirkpatrick)
"Then a different form of resistance emerged. Beijing's city
government started installing free open-source Linux operating
systems on workers' PCs. (The Chinese Academy of Sciences promoted
a version called Red Flag Linux.) Meanwhile security officials were
troubled that government and military operations depended on
Microsoft software made in the U.S. Could the technology be spying
on China?
"In 1999, Gates sent Mundie, who heads the company's
public-policy efforts, to figure out why Microsoft was so
reviled..."
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