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China to standardize on UbuntuChina to standardize on UbuntuPosted Mar 23, 2013 16:01 UTC (Sat) by hadrons123 (guest, #72126)Parent article: China to standardize on Ubuntu
Did anyone think if ubuntu will survive that long for a Govt to depend on.
I have not seen the financial numbers of ubuntu. I don't expect the chinese would pay for ubuntu development either, considering they pirate everything.
The best bet would have been Debian, Since no one could influence Debian and its a good thing for any Govt.
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China to standardize on Ubuntu Posted Mar 23, 2013 17:36 UTC (Sat) by mpr22 (subscriber, #60784) [Link] Since no one could influence Debian That, to the extent it's true, seems to be a reason why the PRC would choose something else.
China to standardize on Ubuntu Posted Mar 24, 2013 3:09 UTC (Sun) by HenrikH (guest, #31152) [Link]
Of course they will pay, why else would Ubuntu do this? While the average Chinese would rather pirate Windows, the Chinese Government have other priorities besides price of the software.
China to standardize on Ubuntu Posted Mar 24, 2013 3:36 UTC (Sun) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946) [Link]
They might pay to do the modifications but probably the Chinese developers will be hired to do it since it is bound to be more economically beneficial to them. Ubuntu might simply be a reasonably modern base for them to start with. It doesn't say anything about their willingness to pay a vendor from a different country. I doubt they want to add that kind of dependency.
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