[TheEngineer]

In China, programmers developed a homegrown Linux version called Red Flag Linux a few years ago. That software has been touted by Beijing as a secure alternative to Windows.

Turbolinux is truly a Japanese-developed flavor of Linux... But it's a bad joke to say that Red Flag Linux is 'home grown' in China. They took Red Hat Linux (American) and made a few modifications.

[dsc]

"They took Red Hat Linux (American) and made a few modifications."

Modifications? Anybody who thinks Red China is going to put out an operating system without back doors probably believes in the tooth fairy.

[CasearianDaoist]

We need some competition...MS needs a kick in the pants.

I think that the next beig thing will be something along the lines of "grid computing" where computing applications are shared between multiple boxes across the net. Whoever builds this into their OS has a good chance of making it.