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Linux Grows 27.1% in China
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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I'd like to see the growth stats for pretty much everything else in China....
I'm willing to bet that MS products grew a lot more than 27%.
My brother has to go there for business on a regular business. He says they're building the equivalent of New York City every year.
This is also why we in the US will be paying $5/gallon for gas soon... not because of our demand but because of Asia's demand.
$7.95/mo, 200 GB disk, 2TBxfer, MySQL, PHP, RoR.
The AC is being funny. If this was the Music Industry, their statement would be something to the extent that the music sales were up, but it would be up twice as high if it weren't for the pirates. You can't pirate GPL software, but you can make a joke on why the numbers aren't higher.
As my Karma Burns: "Burn, Baby Burn, Flames are Getting Higher" - Shawdow Warrior
Proof by very large bribes. QED.
I don't understand. $1,000 is not what Windows/Office/Email/Database costs in Windows. Windows and Office usually comes with the computer. Cost to the end user: $0. There are plenty of "free" alternatives for email/database/etc on Windows as well. In case you don't know, much OSS runs on Windows. OSS doesn't just run on Linux.
Microsoft has already introduced lower cost versions of Windows/Office to compete in price sensistive markets.
Oh and BTW: the wireless AP makers (like Linksys) have already dumped Linux for a proprietary OS (VxWorks).
So basically you are wrong on every point, yet you will be modded up +5 and I will be modded down. Such is Slashdot!
If a linux package is distributed commercially, then it can be considered piracy if you as an end user copy the whole thing and share it with your friends.
The reason is that Linux distributions aren't subject to the GPL: mere inclusion of GPL'ed software on the same medium as commercial software does not cause the commercial software to be subject to the GPL.
Therefore, a Linux distribution can include both GPL software (which you can distribute), and commercial software like an installer, or vendor-provided application software, or configuration tools, for instance, which they don't allow you to redistribute.
Without a license for any commercial and non-free software on the Linux CD, Only the specific software that is distributed under the GPL may be copied from commercial Linux CDs, without a separate license to duplicate the software not subject to the GPL.
I live in China. Seriously. 11 Million is like peanuts around here, this country is exploding at a phenomenal rate and to be honest the adoption of 3 ply toilet paper is higher than 27% and it makes a lot more than 11 Million a year. I don't beleive this can be right.