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China to standardize on UbuntuChina to standardize on UbuntuPosted Mar 22, 2013 15:02 UTC (Fri) by ovitters (subscriber, #27950)Parent article: China to standardize on Ubuntu
I wonder if this implies significant more Linux usage or just combining all the existing usage into one platform.
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China to standardize on Ubuntu Posted Mar 22, 2013 20:12 UTC (Fri) by simosx (subscriber, #24338) [Link]
I hope it implies that they will be selling new computers with Ubuntu Kylin pre-installed. And that government procurement will be heavily oriented towards Ubuntu Kylin.
The current stats of free OS usage in China show very small penetration. I hope it makes Ubuntu Kylin as available in products as we currently see with Android.
China to standardize on Ubuntu Posted Mar 23, 2013 8:33 UTC (Sat) by paulj (subscriber, #341) [Link]
Highly unlikely. Most Chinese have nothing to do with the government, and will just keep using Windows. Even in the improbable event that the Chinese central government ordered everyone to switch to Windows, it'd be unlikely to happen - they have trouble enforcing even basic traffic laws (or more to the point: getting regional authorities to take traffic laws seriously).
Finally, the Chinese government is NOT a monolithic entity - far far from it. This sounds like one department, in one ministry, in central government, thinks Linux is a good idea and wants to help improve it for Chinese needs.
China to standardize on Ubuntu Posted Mar 29, 2013 6:14 UTC (Fri) by fandingo (subscriber, #67019) [Link]
I think that you are absolutely correct.
The Chinese government is humongous, and this is just some project in who knows what kind of department.
The apparent department is the China Software and Integrated Chip Promotions Centre (CSIP). I cannot find a single link on Google about this organization that is not connected with the Canonical announcement.
This isn't going anywhere.
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