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China Upgrades from Microsoft Office

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the save-a-buck-or-two dept.

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."

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  1. Good example by NineNine · · Score: -1, Troll

    One of the last repressive, dictatorial governments on the planet is using Linux. Yay. I hear that Osama Bin Laden uses Linux too, but I haven't seen a story there.

  2. stfu u gay furry by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    en tea

  3. Marry me! by Tirel · · Score: 0, Troll

    we can wank eachother off whilst playing AD&D and watching FOX news.

  4. IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    no you idiots, it's not Soviet Russia..this is the other communist country

  5. I have to respond to this by chrisbord · · Score: -1, Troll

    No, noone wants China to be our 'lackeys,' we do want freedom and prosperity for the Chinese people. However, these real reason the fascist Chinese government is doing all of these projects is to increase nationalistic sentiment in China and to make the people forget they are slaves living in an oppressive and dangerous police state.

    These are the exact same tactics Hitler used to keep his people focused, and we fear they will end in the same horrible way. If the true motivation was to improve the condition of the Chinese people, that would be great, but in a fascist dictatorship that will never be the case.

  6. Re:The Chinese use the same economic tactics by shaitand · · Score: 0, Troll

    nah, the brits were once a super power, EUROPE was never a super power. And neither the brits nor europe combined are super powers today.