LXer: Chinese Halloween with Intel | Linux Today

LXer: Chinese Halloween with Intel

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 4, 2005

[ Thanks to Tom
Adelstein
for this link. ]

“So, you can imagine my interest when I discovered Microsoft’s
partner in the Wintel business has ‘gone over to the other side,’
so to speak. I always thought that Intel walked a narrow line with
Linux, I just didn’t know that they expected to sell hundreds of
millions of computers in rural China. If the document passed to me
is authentic, then that’s something about which some people might
wonder. Some would consider it admirable.

“Personally, I consider it somewhat of a betrayal of the
American people. If Intel can sell a Linux computer in rural China,
why can’t they do the same thing in the United States…?”

Complete
Story

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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