China Daily: Open Source Software Faces Hardship

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Web Webster
Web Webster
May 11, 2004

“Open source software represented by the Linux operating system
still faces great difficulties in becoming a booming business in
the next few years, despite its fast growth and support from the
Chinese Government, said a senior industrial analyst.

“‘The business model of Linux operating systems has not been
proven to be mature, especially in China, and it is still far from
changing the fate of the Chinese software industry,’ said Huang
Yong, senior vice-president of CCID Consulting Co Ltd, an
information technology market research house under the Ministry of
Information Industry…”


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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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