Chinese government technology agency joins OSDL

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Chinese government technology agency joins OSDL

It hopes to bring internationalization features to Linux

News Story by Todd R. Weiss

MARCH 18, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - A Chinese government
science and technology group has joined the nonprofit Open
Source Development Labs to help improve the quality and
testing of the Linux operating system.

In an announcement today, the Beaverton, Ore.-based OSDL
said that the Beijing Software Testing Center, China's
largest software testing organization, has joined the group
and will focus on the development of internationalization
features for Linux.

The BSTC was founded in 2002 by the Beijing Government
Science and Technology Commission and the Beijing Products
Quality and Inspection Institute. It is charged with
providing regulation and quality control to accelerate the
development of China's export software industry.

"With the rapid global adoption of Linux, we're excited that
the Beijing Software Testing Center is joining OSDL to
increase their participation in the worldwide Linux
development community," Stuart Cohen, CEO of the OSDL, said
in a statement. "This newest OSDL member will bring a wealth
of knowledge about the use of Linux in China and its
potential for use in the data center and on the desktop."

The OSDL is a global consortium that is working toward
increased adoption of Linux around the world. OSDL members
include Cisco Systems Inc., Computer Associates
International Inc., Dell Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM, NEC
Corp., Red Hat Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., SUSE Linux Inc.
and Unilever PLC.

To facilitate co-ordination regarding the introduction of OSS SW in Vietnam

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