[GRLUG] FYI Linux Red Flag News Release

[Colin Vallance]

Isn't the mandate due to the enormous amount of pirated windows  
licenses?  I was under the impression they were trying to legitimize  
all these rogue machines in the internet cafes.  Connecting to the  
internet from any computer in China regardless of OS is going to be  
very big brother anyway.


On Dec 4, 2008, at 3:12 PM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:

> On Thu, 2008-12-04 at 14:58 -0500, Tim Schmidt wrote:
>> On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 2:45 PM, Adam M. Erickson <adam at openfad.com>  
>> wrote:
>>> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10113243-16.html?tag=mncol
>>> News hit Slashdot on Wednesday that China is forcing its Internet
>>> cafes to use licensed copies of Red Flag Linux.
>>> Just another reason I'm a proud American, in a recession or not.
>> They'll do things the way they see best...  Certainly China is no
>> human rights champion, but then, neither are we.
>
> They could force them to use Vista.  Now that would be a
> crime-against-humanity.
>
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