On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 07:43:38AM -0400, R.G. Mayhue wrote:
> On Wednesday 02 May 2001 01:48 am, Paul wrote:
> > On Tue, May 01, 2001 at 10:17:31PM -0400, Russell Hires wrote:
> >
> [snip]
> >
> > With Linux, the code's all right there. It's not opaque, it's
> > _transparent_. If you find a bug, you can fix it. If you're not savvy
> > enough, maybe someone else you know can fix it. If not, you can log a
> > bug with Open Source developers. Chances are, you'll see a fix long
> > before you'd see one from Microsoft.
> >
>
> China's government has adopted Linux as their official OS due to the fact
> that it IS open source and they can check all the source code and compile it
> themselves. They don't trust Microsoft and the US government. They fear that
> if they were to use MS they would be subject to the possibility that the US
> government would (and could) supply a "special version" to spy on them and
> cripple their networks and systems in the event of a conflict.
>
Also, China and the orient have some of the worst software piracy in the
world. Using Linux means that China never has to worry about defending
itself in front of the world on intellectual property issues.
Paul
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