On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 09:00:50 +0800, csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 17:49:50 +0200, > Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > > 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". ;-) > > You're confusing two things. Capitalism != Democracy. And, yes, ...it doesn't have to be, people are motivated by their beliefs, not the facts. ;-) And, it worked. ;-) > like the farm animals in Orwell's Animal Farm, Communism can > tango with Capitalism. Or are you wondering why Red China is the > fastest growing economy in the world and will soon be only the > third nation to launch a human into outer space (beating Europe > and Japan)? ..nope, "Communist" China practices a sort of Capitalism. ;-) -- ..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]
