[Leaplist] Linux going mainstream in China, EU/NA is next.

[patrick]

> Linux is gaining ground fast. Believe it!
> >
> > ,----[ Quote ]
> >| In my area (China) ASUS just started replacing Windows laptop
stickers with: made for
> >| Red Flag Linux! Although Ubuntu is much better- from what I can see
ASUS
> >| laptops no longer say (for Windows) here in China! Incredible. This
is the
> >| first gradual (at least partial) step I believe. However they aren't
> >| installing Linux just yet. Vista is a flop and there is a strong
open source
> >| undercurrent here that even the (sheep like) laptop sellers can't
catch.
> > `----
> >
> > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=519523
> >

Wow - the first signs of overt change.  I wonder how long the Microsoft
board will be in post now?  I don't give them twelve months, myself.
They've had over 10 years to work out a sustainable strategy for dealing
with free software in a way which could have kept them in business, and
have singularly failed to change a single aspect of the way they do
business.  The board should be changed and a new one brought in.

> > Are we finally seeing the year of the Linux desktop?
> >
> > ,----[ Quote ]
> >| This past month has seen a flurry activity from a number of players
in the
> >| Linux desktop space. Red Hat, Suse, Ubuntu, Dell, Acer, Lenovo
(announced in 2006!) and even Intel white
> >| box system builders are getting into the act.
> > `----
> >
> > http://www.itwire.com/content/view/13923/