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  3. February 2003

RE: IBM lives in a Linux world

I think that the China 'Gordion Knot' would be solved by Tcpa.
1 billion people and NOT 1 billion license.
Good news for Linux :)

>From Adam Lang

>I was speaking to some people that outsource to the US from China.

>The government is moving to Linux, but business and personal use is still
>heavy MS ... which is also heavily pirated.

>China is the Gordion Knot for licensing ... but 1 billion people, you can't
>just say "screw it I won't sell there".  Can't pass up a huge sure base and
>a quickly industrializing economy.

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