China Subsidising Linux Computers.

[Chan Chung Hang Christopher]

Michael Haney wrote:
> The Chinese government is subsidising approved nettops and netbooks
> which have Red Flag Linux preinstalled, a custom distro based on
> Moblin, in rural areas of the country.  The machines have Internet
> access and come preconfigured with specialized software for farm
> management, remote office access (aka Telecommuting), office
> automation, and online booking for tours and hotels.  Its speculated,
> because of Micro$oft's dominance in China about 30% of these machines
> could be re-installed with Windows, but its still good that even a
> government like China can see the benefits of supporting Linux
> adoption.
>
> http://linux.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=09/10/23/0136246
>
>   


Moblin? I thought it was based on Redhat. At least, initially I guess.

China see the benefits of supporting Linux adoption? Nah. Red Flag Linux 
surfaced after a certain incident where a certain CEO asked his 
underling who a certain senior Chinese official that was standing in 
front of him was and how much it would take to buy him without knowing 
that the official was actually educated in the States.

The Chinese government would much rather have something it can control. 
They have been on and off with Red Flag Linux for more than a decade now.