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Russia To Develop a National Operating System

Posted by kdawson on from the cutting-the-cord dept.

Elektroschock writes "According to Russian media, the Russian Government is going to develop a National Operating System (Google translation; Russian original) to lower its dependencies on foreign software technology licensing. The Russian plan will base its efforts on Linux and expects a worldwide impact. Microsoft is also involved in the roundtable process that led to the recommendation. The Chinese government successfully lowered its Microsoft licensing costs through an early investment in a national Linux distribution. I wonder if other large markets, such as the European Union, will also develop their own Linux distributions or join in the Russian initiative."

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  1. Obligatory Soviet Russia Joke... by bhunachchicken · · Score: 0, Redundant

    In Soviet Russia, "rm -rf /" deletes you! :)

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  2. Recursion? by GameMaster · · Score: 0, Redundant

    In Soviet Russia, operating system designs Soviet Russia.

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  3. Re:In Russia by Metasquares · · Score: 0, Redundant

    No, no... In Soviet Russia, the System operates YOU!

  4. History makes me wonder by jackspenn · · Score: 0, Redundant

    1). If they will completely rewrite their kernel as much as they rewrite their Constitution.
    2). If they will simply steal ideas from the West, change them a bit and call them their own.
    3). If all kernels are created equal.
    4). If they will follow the GNU and open source and provide their changes to the OSS community.

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  5. Re:In Soviet russia by CarpetShark · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Now, there are plenty of goods, but no one can afford to buy them.

    Sounds a bit like the stores around here.