On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 18:50:38 +1200, cr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Tuesday 09 September 2003 12:23, csj wrote: > > At Tue, 9 Sep 2003 05:32:41 +0800, > > > > Katipo wrote: > > > On Tuesday 09 September 2003 02:03, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > > > > An article from the BBC Online of relative interest - Asian > > > > countries investing in and turning to a *new* operating > > > > system so that they can avoid the lock-in of Microsoft, > > > > although as the article continues, it is obvious that they > > > > are turning to Linux rather than something developed from > > > > scratch by them. > > > > > > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3090918.stm > > > > > > The three countries concerned are mainland China, Korea, and > > > Japan. Mainland China developed its' own linux programme > > > sometime ago called Red Flag Linux, and the new distro is to be > > > Linux based. Regards, > > > > I think it makes more sense for governments to use the less > > restrictively licensed *BSDs as a base. This would allow the > > embedding of spyware into the OS to help prevent it from being > > used for terroristic, anarchistic and copyright-infringing > > activities. > > Well, it might make more sense for totalitarian governents, yes. > :( ..cheer up, that would mean whoever chooses GPL, wins over the BSD- licensed, for exactly the same reason Capitalism won over Communism: "Democracy and Liberty produces Flexibility and Productivity". ;-) ..yeah, I know, early Yankee WWII hardware _was_ junk, but you _got_ your act together after learning the hard way. Clue Whack. ;-) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
