China joins Linux bandwagon.
Part of a special section on the battle between Microsoft Windows and Linux for control of the Chinese computer operating system market. The popularity of Linux software is increasing in China, and it may help to ease Chinese fears of foreign domination and perceived security risks. The popularity...
| Publicado en: | Far Eastern Economic Review Vol. 163; no. 8; pp. 8 - 12 |
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Review Publishing Company Ltd.
February 24 2000
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