The chinese government has a think tank producing their own localized Linux 
distribution, called 
Red Flag linux.

There are reports in the chinese press that the government will forbid the use of 
windows 2000 
on government computers in favor of Red Flag linux.  So far these are just rumours, 
but there is 
no doubt that there is a lot of interest among government agencies in Red Flag linux, 
and 
Microsoft is an enormously unpopular company in China because it is seen as a 
monopolist and 
a bully for suing the locals over piracy.

Mike Crawford
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