China Daily: Open Source Software Faces Hardship

“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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