Linux desktops in China

The subject of this BLOG is actually quite misleading because I am disappointed to report that out of the big 5 PC manufacturers and distributors in China (Lenovo, Founder, Acer, HP and Dell), none of them have Linux pre-installed on their desktops, nor laptops, and servers are another story. The..... Read more »

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How to draw China's OSS crowd

My friend Bjorn Stabbel posed some interesting questions about the lack of enthusiasm for open source in China. Bjorn is an owner in a software development company, Exoweb, that specializes in content Management systems using Python and Plone development.

Maybe China isn't completely at fault for the lack of enthusiasm for..... Read more »

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China gets a lesson on intellectual property rights

The Open Invention Network (OIN) hosted a panel discussion in Beijing last Wednesday, Oct. 11. I was fortunate enough to be invited to be part of it, but I was unfortunate enough to miss my return flight to Beijing.

The CEO for OIN, Jerry Rosenthal, made his first official visit to..... Read more »

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Check out Chinese language support forums

It is very easy to criticize mainland China software engineers and system administrators for their lack of enthusiasm, passion and above all else, creativity. However, this does not imply that the mainland is suffering from a brain drain. Actually, quite the opposite can be said for China. China is loaded..... Read more »

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Peter Cheng

Peter Cheng is a community strategist and open source evangelist, who is based in Beijing, China. In 2003, he initiated the Open Source University program to gather industry experts and help spread open source technology and culture to over 100 universities. In 2007, he organized the Open Source Camp in five Chinese cities, with the aim to enable the open source community to share and exchange ideas and to promote the technology in China. Peter currently runs TargetSource Tech, a company he founded to provide consulting services on enterprise open source software.