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China's Red Flag Sees Desktop as Linux Battlefield
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Khairil Yusof
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2005-12-14 09:51 AM
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The vice president of the dominant Linux supplier in China says government support is creating opportunities for desktop Linux to grow.
Zhongyuan Zheng, vice president of Red Flag Software Co. Ltd. of
Beijing, said he believes the next big battleground in China (as well
as throughout the world, but in China now) will be the desktop, with
desktop Linux continuing to creep in and fight Windows' dominance in
the country.
Red Flag is the dominant Linux supplier in China, holding 60 percent of China's Linux market. During a panel discussion Zheng said, "I don't want to replace all Windows in China; I just want to provide more choice."
Zheng shared some of his views on Linux, open source and China's IT future in an interview with eWEEK senior editor Darryl K. Taft last week in Beijing.
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Red Flag is the dominant Linux supplier in China, holding 60 percent of China's Linux market. During a panel discussion Zheng said, "I don't want to replace all Windows in China; I just want to provide more choice."
Zheng shared some of his views on Linux, open source and China's IT future in an interview with eWEEK senior editor Darryl K. Taft last week in Beijing.
Read full text of article
Source: eWeek
