What I would find interesting is how many people in China would actually *want* to use the software. I mean, everyone knows that their government tells the people exactly what they should know (regardless of what the truth might be). Now if a government like that (or any organization in fact; I don't mean to be pointing out China specifically) said it had a nice little OS for you to run on your computer, how quick would *you* be to install and use it? Remember the NSAKEY flak? Well, if Chinese developers are working on this Red Flag Linux, how good do you think the chances are that something like this (and more) could be in there? You might say "Open Source!" but governments like these don't like too many things "open". Two cents.
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What I would find interesting is how many people in China would actually *want* to use the software. I mean, everyone knows that their government tells the people exactly what they should know (regardless of what the truth might be). Now if a government like that (or any organization in fact; I don't mean to be pointing out China specifically) said it had a nice little OS for you to run on your computer, how quick would *you* be to install and use it? Remember the NSAKEY flak? Well, if Chinese developers are working on this Red Flag Linux, how good do you think the chances are that something like this (and more) could be in there? You might say "Open Source!" but governments like these don't like too many things "open". Two cents.