<div dir="ltr">If several governments start requiring open formats, that will help too. Windows is on a downward trajectory. They cannot decide if they want to stay on the desktop/laptop horse or fully commit to the phone/tablet horse, so they are about to find themselves on their collective butts between the ruts of the trails of those 2 horses, running away. <br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr">Wolf Halton<br><br>--<br>This Apt Has Super Cow Powers - <a href="http://sourcefreedom.com" target="_blank">http://sourcefreedom.com</a><br>Security in the Cloud - <a href="http://atlantaCloudTech.com" target="_blank">http://AtlantaCloudTech.com</a> <br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 8:47 PM, Jay Lozier <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jslozier@gmail.com" target="_blank">jslozier@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<font size="+1"><font face="Ubuntu">Hi,<br>
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I saw a link to this article on Softpedia (from Ostatic):<br>
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<a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Chinese-Government-Says-on-TV-that-Windows-XP-Users-Must-Choose-Linux-441889.shtml" target="_blank">http://news.softpedia.com/news/Chinese-Government-Says-on-TV-that-Windows-XP-Users-Must-Choose-Linux-441889.shtml</a><br>
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The article noted the Chinese government is beginning to push
Chinese XP users to consider adopting Linux. It did note that
many user preferred applications do not have a Linux version
currently available. But often there are FOSS equivalents
available that are suitable for many users. It also noted that
Russia and Germany are actively pursuing Linux. <br>
<br>
My take is this is probably what Linux needs to get market
traction; a very large market to switch to Linux. If the Chinese
convert to mostly Linux hardware vendors and commercial software
vendors will need to support Linux or abandon the Chinese
market. Other than the unmentionable I believe most vendors will
follow market trends. If the trends is towards Linux, they will
follow.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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Jay Lozier
<a href="mailto:jslozier@gmail.com" target="_blank">jslozier@gmail.com</a></pre>
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