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BW: Forlink…Listing Sparks German Excitement for Chinese Linux-Proficient Entrepreneurs

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 3, 1999

“Beijing internet innovator Forlink Software Corp.’s Frankfurt
Listing…sparks German excitement for Chinese Linux-proficient
first-out-of-the-gate hi-tech entrepreneurs….”

“Forlink Software Corporation is based in Beijing. The company
is controlled and managed by Chinese hi-tech entrepreneurs. Forlink
is certified by the Office of Beijing City New Technology
Development Experiment Zone as a New Technology Enterprise and
enjoys special fiscal and administrative benefits….Through the
partnerships established with over 500 software makers, the company
is able to provide almost all software titles that are sold in
retail stores in China. Over 10,000 freeware products are
available on the site for free downloading. The number of freeware
products available increases by about 100 titles per day. The
company’s own-developed software includes For-Mail, a scalable
messaging system that runs on UNIX or LINUX
platforms.
…Another own-developed software package is
For-Business, a complete E-commerce and On-line shopping system
that runs on UNIX or LINUX platforms. The system has been running
on the Legend/Toshiba sites. For-Monitor is a new software suite
designed by Forlink for ISP dial-up user authentication,
accounting, and traffic monitoring. The Company is starting to set
up an export network to sell its own-developed software packages in
the USA and Europe.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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