China will become the Asia Pacific Linux Hub

China will become the Asia Pacific Linux Hub

China will become another center of Linux. Osdl (openSource codeThe Development Lab announced on Wednesday that it had set up its first office in China in Beijing and will become the hub of Asia Pacific in terms of Linux usage and publicity. Osdl also has offices in Japan and the United States. Its offices in China are supported by the Ministry of Information Industry of China. "China is a leader in Linux support," said Stuart Cohen, osdl CEO. Osdl will help all parties promote Linux in China ." IDC estimates that Linux is growing faster in China than all operating systems, including windows. "Although Linux operating systems only account for a small proportion in the Chinese operating system market, however, the development speed will exceed the average." According to the CCID data referenced by osdl, the compound annual growth rate of the Linux server market will reach 49.3% in the next five years. turbolinux recently quoted IDC data, turbolinux is the main seller of the Chinese server operating system market. In 2003, it accounted for 60.8% of the Linux Server revenue in China, accounting for 60.7% of the Linux shipments. From: Sohu