How to un-Caldera my box

[Chong Yu Meng]

Tony Alfrey wrote:

>I thought that was essentially their main market already?
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At the risk of sounding like a government stooge :) Asia is a very big 
region with a hundred different nations, religions, currencies, etc. 
TurboLinux is not really that big in places like Indonesia, Malaysia, 
Thailand, Brunei, etc.

Actually, their main market is Japan, followed a distant second (I 
suspect) by China, which already has a plethora of Linux distros of 
their own. As you may or may not know, China's government is 
standardizing on Linux (Red Flag Linux, developed by their own people), 
because they are paranoid of spyware or security holes that the US 
government, through Bill Gates, will use to gain access to their 
systems. It's pretty amazing, when I talk to the "mainland Chinese"(as 
we call them) working in Singapore -- their paranoia about the US is 
equal only to the belligerent noises coming out of Washington. As I see 
it, the Chinese are a very pragmatic people who are very willing to do 
business and very un-willing to wage war with anybody. In fact, when I 
was a child growing up, I was told that it was shameful to be a soldier, 
the memories of the Japanese occupation and the long Chinese civil war 
still fresh in the minds of my grandparents and other older folks.

I suppose if SCO tried to sue Red Flag Linux, the Chinese government 
would just "show them the finger". So, any Asian distro should be a safe 
bet. But remember : a lot of the versions are far behind Red Hat because 
of the need for localization. TurboLinux is behind, but thankfully, not 
too far behind!

Regards,
pascal chong