Reuters/CNET News: Sun Sees Opportunity in China’s Plan

“China’s move to encourage the use of locally developed software
could brighten the outlook for Sun Microsystems, a senior company
executive asserts.

“John Gage, the company’s chief researcher, said that the
Chinese plan to develop operating systems using either local or
alternative software like Linux spell the end of dominance by rival
Microsoft’s Windows.

“‘As China decides to ban software not developed in China–which
is another way of saying, ‘Goodbye, Microsoft’–that means Linux,
that means StarOffice–the stuff we give away free–can replace all
of Microsoft’s Word,’ Gage told Reuters while attending a
technology conference in Malaysia…”

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