[ltp] Re: Lenovo to shun Linux

[James Knott]

Duncan Anderson wrote:
> On Monday, 5 June 2006 21:30, James Knott wrote:
>> 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?
> 
> What new law is that?

A new law was passed in China recently, to require all new computers to 
be sold with a valid copy of an OS.  This law is intended to combat piracy.