[ale] Chinese government recommendation - Linux

Boris Borisov bugyatl at gmail.com
Mon May 19 10:26:11 EDT 2014


You still can download their Linux distro: http://www.redflag-linux.com/en/


On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Lightner, Jeff <JLightner at dsservices.com>wrote:

>   While I’d like to think Windows is on the way out I will say that this
> isn’t the first time its demise has been predicted.   Unfortunately there
> are way too many people (organizations especially) that are not willing to
> pull the plug because of the learning curve.   I know you’ll all say that
> Linux is easier etc… but the fact is MOST users don’t really understand
> computers and making them learn ANYTHING new is quite difficult.   (If you
> don’t believe that find out how long it took most organizations to get
> their executives off a blackberry products – if they have.)
>
>
>
> I recall just a few years back where China and other governments were
> planning on making their own Linux distros but never saw much traction on
> that.
>
>
>
> It’s funny how things go.  M$’ stated reasoning for creating NT was to
> take over the UNIX market.  Instead they killed off Novell.   Linux on the
> other hand has made deep inroads into the former UNIX markets mainly
> because the admins that do one can do the other.
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] *On Behalf Of *Jim
> Kinney
> *Sent:* Sunday, May 18, 2014 8:11 AM
> *To:* Atlanta User Group (E-mail)
> *Subject:* Re: [ale] Chinese government recommendation - Linux
>
>
>
> Doc format is often required when there will be editing done. Often
> recruiters will strip contact data or even change layout. Internally, some
> places will add notes to résumés.
>
> On May 17, 2014 11:06 PM, "Boris Borisov" <bugyatl at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I cannot count how many times is been required to send resume in .DOC
> format when I'm applying for IT positions. And this are people from
> IT. For government folk will take a lot more.
>
> On 5/18/14, Jay Lozier <jslozier at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Requiring open formats is actually OS agnostic but any movement in that
> > direction makes FOSS applications competitive. There was a UK proposal to
> > require ODF formats for all government documents a few months ago. There
> was
> > some discussion about this on the LO user list and the consensus was it
> > would hurt MS as it evens the playing field for all office suites Many
> > assumed if adopted that other vendors would be able to add ODF support
> > rather easily and FOSS alternatives (LO, AOO, and Calligra) would be
> > competing on merits. It would help Linux because the FOSS office suites
> on
> > Linux all use ODF as their native format However, on the LO user list, I
> > think the consensus was users would be more likely to switch suites
> rather
> > than OSes if the proposal was adopted.
> >
> > On 05/17/2014 07:22 PM, Wolf Halton wrote:
> >>
> >> If several governments start requiring open formats, that will help too.
> >> Windows is on a downward trajectory.  They cannot decide if they want to
> >> stay on the desktop/laptop horse or fully commit to the phone/tablet
> >> horse, so they are about to find themselves on their collective butts
> >> between the ruts of the trails of those 2 horses, running away.
> >>
> >> Wolf Halton
> >>
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> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 8:47 PM, Jay Lozier <jslozier at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I saw a link to this article on Softpedia (from Ostatic):
> >>>
> >>>
> http://news.softpedia.com/news/Chinese-Government-Says-on-TV-that-Windows-XP-Users-Must-Choose-Linux-441889.shtml
> >>>
> >>> The article noted the Chinese government is beginning to push Chinese
> XP
> >>> users to consider adopting Linux. It did note that many user preferred
> >>> applications do not have a Linux version currently available. But often
> >>> there are FOSS equivalents available that are suitable for many users.
> It
> >>> also noted that Russia and Germany are actively pursuing Linux.
> >>>
> >>> My take is this is probably what Linux needs to get market traction; a
> >>> very large market to switch to Linux. If the Chinese convert to mostly
> >>> Linux hardware vendors and commercial software vendors will need to
> >>> support Linux or abandon the Chinese market. Other than the
> unmentionable
> >>> I believe most vendors will follow market trends. If the trends is
> >>> towards Linux, they will follow.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Jay Lozier
> >>> jslozier at gmail.com
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
>
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