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China Upgrades from Microsoft Office
Badgerman writes "According to this Forbes article, fifteen Chinese ministries have started using a homegrown office software suite instead of Microsoft Office. The article also notes the Chinese government's encouragment of homegrown software and of a national Linux standard."
Chinese President in his office...
Picks up phone...
"Who's this?"
"Er. My name is Daryl McBride, from SCO cororation...Is it true that there are 1 billion computers using Linux in China?"
"Yes"
"So that will be 699 billion dollars, please..."
"Ok, we'll be sending the check any time soon"
(hangs and calls defense minister)
"Capture this McBride immediatly (ha,ha,ha)"
how long until
This brings to mind an idea relating to SCO's continuing absurdities in trying to own and/or destroy Linux.
With a major communist government becoming increasingly invested in Linux, everyone can be assured there will be at least one completely unassailable source of Linux distribution and development, like:
SCO: We'd like you to pay us, oh... [spins wheel-o-pricing] $1499 for each processor you're running Linux on...
People's Republic of China: Did we mention our extensive nuclear arsenal, deployable to Utah within an hour?
SCO: Oh... yes... nevermind.
Given this, maybe Linux users can play the same game of arbitrary definition that SCO has been playing. If worse comes to worse, one could just say, "Oh, Linux? We're not running Linux here. We're running a non-infringing, custom, Linux-based operating system. Feel free to prove otherwise." And with a perpetual source of FTP servers to obtain the "Linux-based operating system", SCO would have a truly daunting task of stopping it or charging their hoped-for extortion fees.
~ Whence do you come, slayer of men, or where are you going, conqueror of space?
Order given by central server: "By order of Chinese government all documents must report".
....
...
Document1: "My commerade has been typing naughty things".
Document2: "My commerade has been typing treasonous things".
Recent Chinense secret indeed
It seems that Billy-Boy gotta call George-Boy to get this axis of evil expanded a bit..
> Let me guess - you're American, and you think you're so free.
;-]
Before the DMCA, you mean...
The unofficial
No list of Chinese Linux distributions would be complete without a link to Thiz Linux, the wonderful Chinese distro being sold on machines at Fry's ;)
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Li Nux, a spokesperson for Kingsoft told Reuters the government bought 50,000 copies of WPS software in 2002, but declined to give a value for the purchase.
I propose she change her last name to Nux, good for business. But in the long haul, Nix may be better....more names to choose from for the kids: Sco Yu Nix come here, you deserve a good spanking for that you naughty boy..take that *slap**slap*.
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One of the last repressive, dictatorial governments on the planet is using Linux.
Really ? I thought the Bush administration is running MS Windows.
Is a uick trip quicker than a quick trip because it lacks a q?
// file: mice.h
#include "frickin_lasers.h"
One of the last repressive, dictatorial governments on the planet is using Linux.
Georgie Jr signed up for LINUX?? When did this happen?? When he was stealing your election??
Linux and communism have a lot in common with each other, in terms of their ideals of shared ownership.
Bullshit, unlike communism, Linux actually works.
In case of fire, do not use elevator. Use water!
so what are they spending all that money on?
First Class seats on planes to various countries to convince them to keep buying their products...
I'm not a prophet or a stone-age man,
I'm just a mortal with potential of a super man.
I would be tempted to chalk it up to one of the following:
1) Diversification.
B) The realization that, for years now, it hasn't been possible for Microsoft's stock to perform the way it did in the eighties.
4) Bill needs some cash on hand for the purchase of one or more of the following:
- Jet skis.
- Tahitian slave girls.
- A formidable nuclear arsenal.
- Twizzlers.
You want the truthiness? You can't handle the truthiness!
Hitler developed an open source office suite?
You say that like there's something wrong with it.
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I'm sorry, you appear to have accidently added a "s" to "game". Halo is not plural.
I live in a giant bucket.