__/ [ amicus_curious ] on Sunday 17 December 2006 15:50 \__
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> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1468680.2rHxR1HZuR@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>> China looks to open-source community for advice
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> Too much quoting here to be useful, so I am erasing the non-essential part.
> My comment here is that the president of China stopped off to visit Bill
> Gates during his trip to the US, having dinner with Bill even before he
> looked in on George Bush. It may just be that China is looking to everyone
> for advice, although with their gradual takeover of the world's electronic
> manufacturing in the past decade, I do not see just where they may need any
> from anyone else.
>
> It may only be that Hu Jintao wanted to discuss the next million or two
> XBox shipment date details with Bill or maybe he heard how good the salmon
> was there.
High-ranking Chinese officials to visit Seattle
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| During their stay in the Seattle area, members of the Chinese delegation
| also will visit Microsoft Corp. and The Boeing Co.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/bizj/061129/1382937.html?.v=1
If I recall correctly, a few days after this recent meeting had taken place,
this was said to be associated with trading laws.
In any event, Gates also discussed China's 'naked boxes' as he call them...
he would like others to assume that an O/S is either prepackaged or stolen.
The idea of selecting an off-the-shelf (or off the Internet, out of the DC
burner) O/S is invalid. It is self-serving and unacceptable. And while he
admits (just days ago) that DRM is a pain he changes DRM laws around the
globe as he meets government official. He also attempt to alter patent laws.
As Bruce Perens said, that's a company that says the law is illegitimate
when it does not suit the company. The fox watches over the henhouse.
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