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Linux for Asia: Asianux
kiwimate writes "Two Linux distributors (one each from China and Japan) are building a common Linux platform for Asian companies. Using Oracle software to create the product, which is dubbed "Asianux", they have declared they'll create a common kernel so that the two companies' offerings can interoperate with ease."
I guess that's better than Lasia. Not much better though.
...can be found on AsiaOSC.
There's a note on the front page there about a recent Mongolian Linux release, too.
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And there was us thinking Asia couldn't teach us anything about how to do IT, but then they turn out to have companies that actually agree on common standards at the outset!
was just too politically incorrect.
keystroke-logging lib_bigbrother.so.0 no doubt
Don't you mean GNU-ASIANUX? *Hrmmmph*
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Personally, I now use Mac OS X (after about 10 years of enthusiastic Linux use :-) but there are several reasons for non-U.S. companies to standardize on Linux and cooperate on region specific versions:
-Mark
And expecially for France, we will have Asterux.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
Using Oracle software to create the product
More like "making use of Oracle's software development centre in Beijing"--its a kind of important distinction, otherwise I was wondering what Oracle IDE they were going to use, or database they were planning to build into the distro...
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Why the hell does the US market need more than one Linux distro? Wouldn't all the developers be better served working on just one of them?
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After this is successful, this Oriental version of Linux will be combined with the one being developed for the Czech Republic.
We wish the new "Rice-Chex" project much success.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
Let's just see how well the GPL does in these countries, especially in China where piracy is rampant, and there is no such thing as private property (it's the definition of Communism, get over it flamers). Human (property) rights have never been terribly important in Asia, maybe we'll have to send in Stallman and Theo to get pissy at them when they uber-up the Linux kernel and don't publish their changes.
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Stick a Linux distro CD in a drive and boot. What do you see? If you answered "English words" then you win.
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will sweeping through the rest of Asia's IT, crushing foes in it's wake. Hordes of people are using it, you know. (Sorry).
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Consider this:
- Japan has two character systems
- China is using different character system
- AFAIK South-Korea is using another different character system
- Thailand is using completely different character system
So now we have at least 4-5 different character system in south-east Asia (not counting India). I seriously doubt that any wester n distribution provides excellent support to all those characters.
...hidden underneath the ignorant ranting, which is that the GPL requires strong enforcement of licenses to function. It has nothing to do with Communism, piracy, or human rights. Countries like China simply don't have the legal infrastructure to deal with license violations. There are some indications that companies are getting away with GPL violations in the U.S.; how much easier will it be for them to do so in China, where the FSF has no legal representation?