[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood for this link. ]
“Even as it tries to win the hearts of Chinese officials and
businesses, Microsoft is also facing mounting challenges in the
world’s most-populous market.“According to US-based market researcher Gartner Inc, the
increasing adoption of Linux, an open source operating system, was
one of the major reasons for the 8 per cent quarter-on-quarter
growth in the computer market on the mainland in the third
quarter.“At the same time, Microsoft’s arch-rival Sun Microsystems
decided to donate unlimited copies of its office automation
software Star Suite 7.0 to Chinese students, its executive
vice-president Crawford Beveridge said on Thursday in
Beijing…”