Re: East Asian O/S
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. :(
Just because you're a totalitarian government doesn't mean you
can't use free software.
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