Open-source software alliance formed in China

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Reports: Open-source software alliance formed in China

Alliance with IBM, HP, and others aims to promote
open-source development and application in China

By David Legard, IDG News Service August 11, 2004

A number of Chinese software companies have joined forces
with overseas vendors such as IBM Corp., Hewlett-Packard
Co., Intel Corp, and Novell Inc. to form the China Open
Source Software Promotion Alliance, China's first
open-source software organization, several Chinese media
reported Wednesday.

China Economic Net said the alliance, which includes China's
leading Linux vendor Red Flag Software Co. Ltd., marked a
new stage in the promotion of open-source software in China
and across northeast Asia.

The aims of the alliance include cooperative Linux
development, promotion of open-source development and
application in China, driving exchanges and cooperation of
open-source communities in northeast Asia, and making
contributions to the international open-source community,
China Economic Net said.

Red Flag is one of the driving forces behind Asianux, a
version of Linux that has been developed as a standardized
distribution for enterprise customers in Asia. A 64-bit
version of Asianux designed for Intel Corp.'s Itanium II
processor is scheduled to be released later this month.

An English-language version of Red Flag's own Linux Desktop
4.1 is due to be released during the third quarter of this
year.

The other Chinese firms involved in the alliance were named
in the media as Beijing Co-Create Open Source, Zhongbiao
Software, Wuxi Evermore Software, Kingsoft, Beijing Redflag
Chinese 2000.

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