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2003: Year of Linux in Asia?

Posted by michael on from the it's-nice-to-have-dreams dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "The Register has a story about traveling to a magical country where seeing Linux laptops displayed in stores is perfectly normal. The author then goes on to predict that this year will see much more desktop action coming not from Red Hat or Euro-Distros, but from China and India. Makes sense to me."

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  1. Obligatory Soviet Russia joke by InfiniteWisdom · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In soview Russia, websites slashdot YOU

    1. Re:Obligatory Soviet Russia joke by Rat+Tank · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      In Soviet Russia, people who keep on making Soviet Russia jokes are SHOT! ;-)

  2. An idea that's run through my mind... by TheZapman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Intels/Microsofts suicide is going to come through Asia. Here is the scenario as I see it. M$ is going to try to push Palladium, along with Intel's secure initiatives, etc, etc. The American bullsh^H^H^H^H^H^Hcontent industry is going to back them all the way to protect their formerly very protected market. So then with the Dragon whatever chip and Linux, China is going to pump out machines that don't screw up if you change your video card, screw up your screen captures, require you to call if you re-install XP on your test system every GOD DAMN TIME, (Yes, I need to clone a HD, just haven't had time and keep shuffling machines around, and etc, etc...), and so on, as any secure initiative will do. So they will be producing these cheap, commodified PCs that will ship over here, therefore killing the American software industry. Yeah China. The other alternative I see is Apple, who has been very successful at telling the content industry to bugger off, and is large enough to back it. They could become the competetor to Linux through all this mess. I don't know why I'm posting on /. so much today. Hell, I guess the ideas whispered to me by my imaginary penguin have some merit. Just wish he'd stop nibbling on my toes.