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Sunny future for open source?

Sun Microsystems has signed a deal with a local software house to boost the appeal of the OpenOffice suite of office software in China. In theory, open source software could do well in China. But its software houses know that if they are to get closer... ...full story at Engaging China

from Engaging China on Thu, May 31 2007

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