Latching on to Linux.
The Chinese government has latched onto the Linux operating system as a cost-effective opportunity to boost the Chinese e-economy. If the government becomes too closely connected to Linux, however, it may feel the need to actively push a Chinese standard of Linux on companies by mandating use of th...
| Published in: | Far Eastern Economic Review Vol. 163; no. 35; pp. 34 - 35 |
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Review Publishing Company Ltd.
August 31 2000
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