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The Ongoing Saga of Linux in China

Posted by Hemos on from the reports-from-the-front dept.

Dan Gillmor, who's currently on the road in China, has sent a report about the role of Linux in China. We've talked about this before. Dan hits on some of the high points for *why* the Chinese are interested, which makes for interesting reading.

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  1. I'll tell ya why they like it! by Tom7 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    They like it cos they're communists!

  2. china (and others) should be terrified of MS by small_dick · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    the whole middleware model -- whether java or .NYET -- is about having a underlying object hierarchy in a known, unmodified state.

    once you have that, you can do things like digital rights management...and NSA backdoors, maybe even MS backdoors, for sale to the highest bidder.

    So, MS sells Goldman Sachs a backdoor into Smith Barney...or maybe the NSA gets a backdoor into various research computers at chinese universities. Or daddy gets his porno interests examined by the FBI.

    Seems entirely possible, and if it's possible, it will be done. There is not a single entity that should not be afraid of "MS World".

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