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Operating Systems => Linux and UNIX => Topic started by: sime on 31 August 2003, 21:58

Title: Japan, China, Korea plan Windows replacement
Post by: sime on 31 August 2003, 21:58

Cool!

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=155373 (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=155373)

Sime

Title: Japan, China, Korea plan Windows replacement
Post by: Faust on 31 August 2003, 23:09

Yay it's the 5000th distro.  (http://smile.gif)
Seriously, at least it has a good chance of giving Red Hat and Suse a run for their money.  Always good to have competition, and now Mandrake is bankrupt they need more.  (http://smile.gif)

Title: Japan, China, Korea plan Windows replacement
Post by: Refalm on 31 August 2003, 23:17

Yahoo! News on the subject (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1510&ncid=1510&e=1&u=/afp/20030831/tc_afp/japan_computer_china).

Title: Japan, China, Korea plan Windows replacement
Post by: HPC GUY on 31 August 2003, 23:24

yeah isnt it redflag linux?

Title: Japan, China, Korea plan Windows replacement
Post by: Faust on 31 August 2003, 23:30

I think thats a Chinese government controlled thing.  (Which is why China also makes "magic flag" Linux or whatever the fuck it is.  This seems to be a new joint effort, unless China has decided to let Japan have input into the source the Chinese government uses which seems doubtful.

edit:
The original article suggests that this is a Linux distro, the Yahoo one says "open source OS *like* Linux."
Anyone know any more than that?  Which is it?

[ August 31, 2003: Message edited by: Faust ]

Title: Japan, China, Korea plan Windows replacement
Post by: suselinux on 1 September 2003, 02:00

I can't wait to see it!

I hope it's not Turbo Linux, with new splash screens

If Japan can get some of their big companies involved I can see it being very impressive.


info on
Red Flag Linux (http://www.distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=Red+Flag)

and Turbo Linux (http://www.distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=Turbolinux)

Title: Japan, China, Korea plan Windows replacement
Post by: suselinux on 1 September 2003, 02:03

another article

web page (http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_356992,0003.htm)