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Linux Grows 27.1% in China

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the thats-a-lotta-installs dept.

prostoalex writes "Boosted by government purchases and SCO UNIX replacements, Linux grew by 27.1% in China in 2005 and generated $11.8 mln for the companies involved."

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  1. Is this Good or Bad by TedCheshireAcad · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So...they're using Linux, but it's from SCO. Is this good or bad?

  2. Amazing stuff. by ninja_assault_kitten · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So there are now 121 Linux systems in China?! Go LINUX!

  3. Re:in comparison to.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So, in other words, Americans don't want public transportation, they'd rather drive. Because if they wanted public transportation, the cities would be designed around it. Public transportation isn't exactly something new. Rapid transit options have existed for well over 100 years. The oldest "subway" in America was built in 1850, and almost all major American cities had some form of "subway" by 1950. If American cities were "designed around cars" it's not because they were the only option. They could have been designed around public transportation. If they really weren't, that's because fat Americans won't use them.

    The simple fact is that Americans don't use them, perferring to drive to a parking garage and waddle over to the elevator rather than having to walk an amazing five meters from a bus stop to a building. Because that might involve stairs. (Except, of course, that America has laws requiring that all buildings provide non-stair access. We can't have fat Americans walking up stairs, after all! Got to provide that elevator!)

    Face it, it's a lazy American problem. Kjella is 100% correct. If Americans wanted public transportation, they could have made it. They'd rather drive and waddle than be forced to walk down a city block.