[ltp] Re: Lenovo to shun Linux

James Knott linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 05 Jun 2006 15:30:33 -0400


Jiang Qian wrote:

> In short the seemingly gratuitous assault on Linux loving geekhood is in 
> fact an unintended consequence of a drive to root out Windows piracy in 
> Chinese, and maybe some other developing country's, market. Maybe you 
> think the Windows is evil and its piracy therefore good, but we have to 
> first understand what all this fuss is all about.

As I understand the new law, computers must be sold with a properly 
licensed OS.  Isn't a copy of Red Hat (or Red Flag) a properly licensed OS?