[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood for this link. ]
“If it wishes to secure a position in the global information
technology (IT) market, Taiwan had better speed up its progress in
developing a Linux-based operating system, IT industry analysts
said yesterday.“Compared with neighboring countries such as China and Japan,
whose governments have decided on or are considering using
open-source operating systems to manage central-government data
networks, Taiwan is still at the preliminary stage in this field,
they said.“‘Taiwan needs to catch up [in Linux development] or it may miss
a great business opportunity in the near future,’ said Victor
Tsan… managing director of the Market Intelligence Center, a
Taipei-based IT research center…”