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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. Re:in comparison to.... by timeOday · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    See if I care: I *already* pay $5/gallon *now*...
    It's different. Most places in America, you can't live normally without driving. Sad, perhaps, but true.
  2. Re:in comparison to.... by micler · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If one thing really annoys me, it's people bashing Americans as if they're all the same.

    Yes, Americans, in general, are like the whole world thinks they are. I know. I live in America. But this amounts to blind discrimination--like happened in the US to blacks before the civil rights movement. Maybe some blacks were like the majority of Southern whites thought they were. Definitely some--more than a few--Americans are like the majority of Europeans think they are. The point is, though, some aren't. Some people in the US drive SUVs because they know that the rest of the population do, and if they ever get hit by one, they want to survive. No matter what the reason for there being a lack of public transportation, the fact is nobody can use it if it's not there. For Pete's sake, only 51% of the voters elected Bush, and the rest who voted for Kerry, even if they didn't really think much of him, knew he was the only real alternative. Not all Americans are fat, either. We don't choose our country of birth; therefore, do not prejudge based on it.