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[News] GNU/Linux and Free Software Seen as Growing in China (Study)

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Research and Markets: 2008-2009 Annual Report on China's Open-Source Software
Market

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| Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/379dcc/20082009_annual_r) has 
| announced the addition of the "2008-2009 Annual Report on China's Open-Source 
| Software Market" report to their offering.  
| 
| Vendors Involved: Red Flag Software Co., Ltd., Novell, China Standard 
| Software, Red Hat, Turolinux, Redflag Chinese 2000, etc.  
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http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/technology/research-markets---annual-report-chinas-open-source-software-market/

"It's easier for our software to compete with Linux when there's piracy than
when there's not."

                                --Bill Gates


Recent:

China's Linux market sees massive growth

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| SALES REVENUE in the Chinese Linux market shot through the bamboo roof during
| the first three quarters of 2008, up 17 per cent year-on-year, only to slow
| down a bit in the last quarter due to the slowing economic climate.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/975/1049975/china-s-linux-market-sees-massive-growth


International Open Source Comunity focus on China

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| The OW2 Consortium, an independent industry community dedicated to developing
| open source middleware announced the launch of its Chinese web platform.
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http://www.zdnetasia.com/blogs/opensource/0,3800011233,63007799,00.htm


Chinese ordered to stop using pirate software

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| Officials push for Linux OS
|
| A CITY IN CHINA has required Internet café operators to replace pirated
| software with legitimate versions – the officials primarily pushing Linux.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/03/chinese-ordered-away-pirate


Chinese city requires Net cafes to use legitimate software

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| As part of Nanchang's crackdown on pirated software, officials apparently
| struck a deal with a local Red Flag Linux distributor to install licensed
| software and provide two years of support for 5,000 yuan ($725 U.S.).
|
| [...]
|
| Red Flag Linux is a version of the Asianux Linux distribution, jointly
| developed by China's Red Flag, South Korea's Haansoft, and Japan's Miracle
| Linux. The desktop version of the software is free, but Red Flag and its
| distributors charge users for the server version, as well as for support to
| help companies install and manage the software.
|
| Some Internet cafe owners were unhappy with the fee, and complained they are
| prevented from using other Linux distributions.
|
| "You have to install Red Flag Linux, and pay 5,000 yuan," complained one user
| on the Jiangxi discussion forum (in Chinese). "If you are using a different
| Linux distribution, they just say it's pirated!"
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9122159&intsrc=hm_list


Chinese flex muscles in Microsoft piracy fight

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| When Microsoft rolled out its latest anti-piracy initiative this year, it was
| not aimed at any particular country. Windows Genuine Advantage, a tool that
| identifies users of counterfeit software and pushes them to buy the real
| thing, was launched worldwide in several geographical blocs.
|
| But Microsoft ran into trouble when the roll-out hit China last month. While
| users in other markets kept silent when hit by one of WGA’s more extreme
| features, a mechanism that blackens the desktop background on computers found
| to be using counterfeit Windows, their Chinese peers broke into a storm of
| anger, forcing Microsoft officials in the country into damage control mode.
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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ab068622-b408-11dd-8e35-0000779fd18c.html


Microsoft's Chinese Folly

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| No less than Bill Gates himself said in a recent Fortune article that
| Microsoft competes better against Linux in China when there's piracy than
| when there isn't.
|
| So, Microsoft actively looks the other way as people pirate its software. It
| builds its market share that way, and lets people get used to the idea of
| having Windows at a certain price.
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http://www.technewsworld.com/story/commentary/64902.html


Microsoft accused of hacking in piracy clampdown

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| Across China thousands of computer screens are turning dark. The reason is a
| piece of software from a US firm.
|
| Software giant Microsoft is deactivating unauthorised copies of its Windows
| operating system, in a nation where 82% of all software is pirated – even if
| many end users do not know it.
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http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/electronic-threats/dn15009-microsoft-accused-of-hacking-in-piracy-clampdown.html


Chinese fume at Microsoft anti-piracy

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| China's vocal bloggers seemed stunned that their computers seemed to have
| phoned Microsoft for the anti-piracy tool without asking.
|
| "The computer is mine", one angry blogger penned, "Microsoft has no right to
| control my hardware without my agreement", the poor fool thought.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/10/22/chinese-fume-microsoft-anti


Microsoft sued in China for black screen of death

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| A Chinese lawyer has filed a legal complaint against Microsoft for installing
| Windows Genuine Advantage on his computer. He has asked the Ministry of
| Public Security to file criminal charges against Microsoft.
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/10/22/china_fury_microsoft_wga/
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