http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2003/09/04/2003066448
If it wishes to secure a position in the global information technology (IT) market, Taiwan had better speed up its progress in developing a Linux-based operating system, IT industry analysts said yesterday.
"Compared with neighboring countries such as China and Japan, whose governments have decided on or are considering using open-source operating systems to manage central-government data networks, Taiwan is still at the preliminary stage in this field, they said.
"'Taiwan needs to catch up [in Linux development] or it may miss a great business opportunity in the near future,' said Victor Tsan... managing director of the Market Intelligence Center, a Taipei-based IT research center..."
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