Closed Society, Open Source.
America's government twists patent laws and copyright policy as sops to closed-source software companies such as Microsoft, whereas China's Communist government has begun to do the opposite by promoting open-source software programs such as Linux. It is not ideology that attracts the Chinese to Lin...
| Publicado en: | American Prospect Vol. 13; no. 16; pp. 34 - 37 |
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American Prospect
September 9 2002
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| Sumario: | America's government twists patent laws and copyright policy as sops to closed-source software companies such as Microsoft, whereas China's Communist government has begun to do the opposite by promoting open-source software programs such as Linux. It is not ideology that attracts the Chinese to Linux, but rather a blend of practicality, paranoia, and nationalism. China is in a way creating the most competitive marketplace in the world for operating systems, as Chinese users are not as dependent on Microsoft products as users in America. |
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