How to un-Caldera my box

[Tony Alfrey]

On Friday 16 May 2003 07:41 am, Chong Yu Meng wrote:
> Tony Alfrey wrote:
> >I thought that was essentially their main market already?
>
> 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.

Yes, once again, this stupid white boy is guilty of broad 
generalizations.  Sorry.

>
> 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 

I had heard that.  But I assume it's not so different that it won't 
accept kernel and X lib upgrades?

> (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. 

I'm certainly paranoid about Bill Gates and recent attempts to pass 
intrusive legislation in the US and various covert technologies 
(Echelon?).  I assume they're making their own x86 processor clones?

> 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". 

I think I'd be willing to spend money to watch that ;-)

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>
> Regards,
> pascal chong
>

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Tony Alfrey
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