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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. piracy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The adoption rate should be higher, but it's not taking into account the people in China who pirate Linux.

    1. Re:piracy by cpatil · · Score: 2, Funny

      11.8 Million constitutes 5% of the market share which is legal. Pirated 95% is Pricless ;-)

  2. Replacing SCO..... by IamGarageGuy+2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    But I thought that SCO has a new line of software. If China went exclusivly SCO they would have the potential to rule (sue) the world.

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  3. heh by popeguilty · · Score: 5, Funny

    [obligatory joke about how Free Software == communism]

  4. Re:in comparison to.... by jawtheshark · · Score: 3, Funny
    This is also why we in the US will be paying $5/gallon for gas soon...

    See if I care: I *already* pay $5/gallon *now*...

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  5. Which pills are they using? by Mr2001 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't read Chinese, so I can only respond to the email advertisements I get in English, but I've tried them all and *I* sure haven't grown 27.1%... maybe I should hire a translator.

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  6. Purchase Linux by suv4x4 · · Score: 3, Funny

    After long, exhausting and expensive research, China has found out how to buy a free product.

  7. Rinux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    is the distro they run in China.

  8. Re:in comparison to.... by hackstraw · · Score: 2, Funny

    See if I care: I *already* pay $5/gallon *now*...

    Offtopic, but its sunday and not much action is going on here.

    Yes, Americans do pay less for gas than probably anywhere else in the world, but like everything else, things are relative. Here are the differences between your gas price and ours:

    1) We use more, we get volume discount.

    2) We essentially own much of the oil in either owning companies like Exxon, and we do produce 40% of our own oil.

    3) We drive more. Its a cultural thing. Public transportation is almost taboo here.

    4) Another cultural thing, senior citizens "need" a 4x4 to drive to the grocery store, Wal-Mart, and church. No, I'm not making that up.

    I'm sure there are other things as well, but that should be a good start.

    Back to the relativity part, gas prices are going up here, but we don't get paid more at our job because of it. Here is a graph of historical gas prices: http://inflationdata.com/inflation/Inflation_Rate/ gas_vs_oil_price_comparison.htm

    The real question, "How does this effect the price of tea in China?"

  9. affect not effect by hackstraw · · Score: 2, Funny


    i'm not thinking entirely straight this morning.