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NPO Mozilla China Launched

Posted by Zonk on from the dinosaurs-in-beijing dept.

rebron writes "Mozilla Foundation, in coordination with ISCAS and ERI, announced the launch of www.mozilla.org.cn and the creation of Mozilla China, a non-profit organization to help develop, promote, and deploy Mozilla products in China. The launch of Mozilla China follows similar international affiliate programs Mozilla Europe and Mozilla Japan. The Mozilla China project has been spearheaded by the Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ISCAS) and the Sun (China) Engineering and Research Institute (ERI)."

15 comments

  1. WTF? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Not a single comment here, several hours after the thing is posted?

    Not even the mandatory trolls?

    1. Re:WTF? by metamechanical · · Score: 1

      There WERE comments, but they were all censored by the Chinese Government!

      --
      If I had a nickel for every time I had a nickel, I'd be richcursive!
  2. lol by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Idiot eds put this down the page where no one can see it!

  3. I did not RTFA by dougTheRug · · Score: 1

    Well, the only article link is in Chinese. Which begs the question now: is Slashdot just a bunch of white guys?

    1. Re:I did not RTFA by hhlost · · Score: 1

      I don't think you can deduce that /. is a bunch of white guys simply because people don't comment on an article that's written in Chinese. You could speculate that most Slashdotters don't speak Chinese, however. You could also base that assumption on the fact that it's an English-language Website.

    2. Re:I did not RTFA by hhlost · · Score: 1

      Also, the first article link is in English.

    3. Re:I did not RTFA by dougTheRug · · Score: 1

      That's a good point. It could also be pointed out that, of the two links provided, I missed the English language one entirely. So, I guess I didn't really read TFP either. Whoops.

  4. Red Flag by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Can we guess that the Chinese regime will lauch a Mozilla browser of their own... Mozilla Red Flag?

  5. Think about it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    China and Free Software? What about China and Free Tibet?

    Can't such big free software projects also support some noble goals, for example the one stated above?

    1. Re:Think about it by Necroist · · Score: 1

      Well, how can they free something that originally belongs to them?

      Its like asking the President of the United States to give New York away.

  6. maybe they can call it by utexaspunk · · Score: 4, Funny

    Chinchilla? :)

  7. Developers by mparaz · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It's good if they could get more developers onboard and get more open source contributors from China.

    Babelfish can handle the Chinese page, by the way.

  8. CLAIRIFICATION by PMJ2kx · · Score: 1

    The "press release" is in ENGLISH. The "download page" is in CHINESE.

  9. 12th post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    and i'm actually right

  10. The Rumors Are True by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Now we discover the true meaning of Mozilla's RED STAR!