On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 18:50:38 +1200, cr wrote: > > 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. :(
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