OSS in the Far East - CJK OSS
CJK OSS = China Japan Korean Open Source Software Initiatives.
Under the support of the Ministry of Education in China, the Chinese OSS federation is planning to deploy linux based OS training courses in 35 universities plus 35 colleges. This initiative will be sponsored by Intel, IBM, HP, Novell and RedHat. There will be an additional sponsorship for software and Linus training/support over 100 Chinese post-secondary institutions.
Due to many reasons (Political, Military and Cultural), China has always been cautious about using Microsoft OS in government and educational organizations. This opens up room for OOS to grow at a high speed in China. The new Open Source business models may also be a key solution to the software piracy issues in Asia. (e.g. The product is free, we are now selling the service, how are you going to pirate our services?)
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