It's pretty obvious, after reading all the sorts of garbage posted on Linux threads. After all, as long as MS is making $$$$$ in Red China, to heck with anything else
I think it sucks,
Bull. You've even said countless times over the last umpteenth months that Linux in other nations' hands is evil because it's free.
But continue, O master troll...
"Gerstner and Jiang 'Old Friends' Kiss in New York - 11/02/97" ...
What your article fails to mention is that IBM has done business in China (and other locales around the world) since the early 1900's--since before Mao; and that they (IBM) currently have engineers and consultants in over 170 countries.
In fact, IBM is one of only a handful of American companies that can continuously trace their history back into the 19th century--(the other one I can think of offhand being Union Pacific).
Allowing everyone in the world free copies of U.S. technology IS obviously foolish. That's why the Chinese are standardizing their government by edict on these free copies of Linux, not Microsoft, as my link above shows. Gates is at least trying to earn some dollars when U.S. software goes overseas, yet you seem to prefer giving the stuff away to Hu's communist government for free. At least you've never complained the countless times I've pointed out to you the Chinese take a free copy of Red Hat Linux, from North Carolina, and rename it "Red Flag" in China. For some reason that's just fine to you "open sourcers".
AT&T
Well, in my opinion, Linux is far worse for American industry than anything MS does. Linux undermines America's software industry and shores up foreign competitors like China, India, Pakistan, and other developing nations. It provides them with the IT infrastructure that really should be provided by American software makers. China can instead focus its resources on missiles and military technology. Now THAT sucks.