Comment Re:Slow down, cowboy! (Score 1) 313
I have to say MS did beat CHina and linux on this one.
MS needed to get their software into China to prevent more than half of the worlds population using Linux.
That many Linux users would mean more software for Linux, more money spent on that software, more games for Linux.
That woudl eventually spill out of China, with Linux's easy internationalization, and that woudl be a giant step for Linux.
Because MS really needed to get into China they probably could have gotten the software for free.
I do think piracy of Windows in China does affect what I am talking about, I still think this is a black day for Linux.
I disagree that Linux will always be playing catchup though, it's advancing much faster than windows.
Corporations are starting to consider Linux on the desktop. It's been done with Solaris before.
MS needed to get their software into China to prevent more than half of the worlds population using Linux.
That many Linux users would mean more software for Linux, more money spent on that software, more games for Linux.
That woudl eventually spill out of China, with Linux's easy internationalization, and that woudl be a giant step for Linux.
Because MS really needed to get into China they probably could have gotten the software for free.
I do think piracy of Windows in China does affect what I am talking about, I still think this is a black day for Linux.
I disagree that Linux will always be playing catchup though, it's advancing much faster than windows.
Corporations are starting to consider Linux on the desktop. It's been done with Solaris before.
