At first, it sounds like a good idea. Nanchang, the capital of China's eastern Jiangxi province, is requiring Internet cafe operators to replace pirated server software with legal copies of Red Flag Linux or Windows Server. What's not to like? It's estimated that China has an 82% software piracy rate. Getting businesses to go legal with a native Chinese Linux sounded like a win to me. Until, I saw the Red Flag Linux price tag: 5,000 yuan, that's $725 U.S. That's way over the line for a small Chinese business.
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lozz
15 years 19 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago
M$ trick?
I'd have to suspect that M$ is somewhere behind the decision to put a $725 price-tag on Red Flag Linux.
MrSnippity
15 years 19 weeks 5 days 12 hours ago
Oh for F***'s sake
If you trip over in the middle of the night, do you blame M$ for moving the coffee table?
You really are being ridiculous you know.