[luau] Taiwan's desperate move into Linux

[W. Wayne Liauh]

Just realized that Slashdot has a thread on this topic.  There are other very good reasons why I am using the title "desperate", but I won't get into them (for example, threat of Linux-based software hegemony from China) right now.

The Slashdot thread, being a largely uncensored forum, also contains a bunch of ignorance and racial bigotry.  But the following comment deserves some attention:


Taiwan's economy is half the size of Canada's. It is by no means small.

Canada [cia.gov]
GDP: purchasing power parity - $774.7 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: 4.3% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $24,800 (2000 est.)

Taiwan [cia.gov]
GDP: purchasing power parity - $386 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: 6.3% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $17,400 (2000 est.)



One of our key issues, as far as I am concerned, is whether and how we here in Hawaii may be able to take advantage of this move.