There was a post on Slashdot today about an article in the Taipei Times which states "The government-run Central Trust of China has mandated for the first time that all desktop computers purchased from now on must be Linux-compatible." Finally, a government with stones!
What's cool about this announcement is that it means there will be less commodity hardware designed for only one OS. Yes, prices might be a bit higher, but hardware prices have come down so much it's difficult not to own a couple of PC's these days - even if one is a Pentium I.
Linux is on the move again in China, and with the population there you can well imaging the amount of open source code potential.
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