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Talk flag Linux ( Linux) is a Linux distribution, which is for the time being to later represent a replacement for Microsoft Windows in the asiatic area, co-ordinated with Chinese needs, however also world-wide. The distribution is promoted among other things by the Chinese government.

History

For the first time talks flag appeared Linux in August 1999. The Linux distribution of Institut for software at the Chinese academy for science was developed. Financial support came from the Shanghai NewMargin venture Capital, which again property of the Chinese government is. The Chinese state supports the development and spreading of talks flag Linux thus since beginning in financial way, in addition, politically, if it concerns e.g. the sales market China. Further partners of the talking flag project were at the beginning the companies Compaq (later acquired by Hewlett-Packard) and Beijing Founder Electronics.

In the year 2000 became then the company talk flag software CO., Ltd. (often simply only talk flag mentioned) based, whose company headquarters is Peking. Since that time the enterprise develops Linuxsysteme and programs for the Desktop and server employment.

In March 2001 Bloomberg news reported that CCIDNET Investment, a part of the Ministry OF information Industry, to the second largest partner about talk flag became.

According to Gartner.com the government of Beijing assigned 2001 orders for office and applications of anti-viruses as well as system software on 28 December at six different local software provider, among them talk flag, rejected however Microsoft, the sieved applicant.

Since 2004 work China, South Korea and Japan on plans over talk together flag Linux an important Windows alternative to make. According to medium reports among other things the enterprises NTT DATA, Matsushita Electric, NEC, Hitachi and Fujitsu are to take part in the plans for the development and use of open SOURCE software. Reasons for this search for a replacement for Windows are the unwanted dependence on US-American company Microsoft, as well as the high risk with Windows a virus, a worm, to succumb to Trojan he or an other attack or error. The moreover one also the stability of Linux contributes to the fact that talk flag in the asiatic authorities to be used is. A speaker of the Japanese Ministry of Trade mentioned for example that one wanted to develop this open SOURCE operating system, since one understood that "a market domination is not good by only one enterprise".

Intention and goals

With talk flag Linux is momentarily still outstanding dominance by Microsoft Windows on the Chinese computer market to be reduced, which can be achieved according to Matei Mihalca best by "complete transparency with at the basis lying code". Remarkably here the word is transparency, which was used in place of "openness" or "liberty". The Chinese government seems to have obviously a large interest in a completely transparent operating system. Since China would like to go also on this area safe, on the one hand the answer is not "goes to you anything on" on questions, which concern the operating system Windows and the adjustment its to Chinese peculiarities and needs, and on the other hand the preventing effect about talk flag in relation to copyright infringements and Softwarepiraterie in the own country a decisive point around an own Linux operating system as Windows alternative to develop. The cost saving in relation to price-intensive operating systems is to be likewise concentrated with security a motive around itself strengthened on Linux, because the the acct tracing guidance about talk flag Linux is to be kept e.g. free.

The company talk flag software concentrates on the development and the selling of Linux are based operating systems and the pertinent application software for most diverse computer platforms, in order to become fair the increasing demand of Chinese technology users. The goal of the company is the "work of incentives for the life with cross-linking" ("Creating Incentives for Networking Life"). The enterprise wants with the development of a modern enterprise proceeding, which "talk flag Way", to continue. This is an customer-oriented accessible making of talks flag Linux, which refers the enterprise model free software to reason lies.

With the talking flag project one sets 2000 on an integrated Desktop Office Suite named Chinese, and participates in the gnome development project, in order to adapt GNOMES also to Chinese conditions. Thus it is to be used e.g. also possible all GNOME applications in Chinese language.

The talking flag project closed an agreement with Trolltech, in order to create a platform for Embedded of Linux systems, which was to be manufactured in China. The proceeding, which behind talk flag Linux stands, leads to the fact that in the shops apart from other Linux distributions above all also talk flag Linux one offers. Thus in China to a large part also PCs with GNU/Linux already before-installed are sold, while in Europe with a PC purchase Windows XP with appropriate surcharge is still usually along-bought.

Talk flag co-operates on the Chinese market with companies such as Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, IBM, Dell, Intel as well as BEA of system, Inc., SGI, Sybase, Haier, Great barrier and TCL, by a co-operation with talk yourself flag software expect in China increases foot to seize to be able. By Hewlett-Packard talks flag software wants in the near future also the world market to open. There talk has to China to expand wants, came it 2004 also between talk flag and talk has to a partnership.

Chinese ideology

Originally there were some doubts among western Linux proponents over the fact that the Chinese government could intend the ideals of free software for their communist ideology to abuse. These doubts seem to have been to a large extent unfounded. It is however an interesting statement that on the Logo about talk flag Linux a Linux penguin with a well-known red flag deployed. The moreover one knows also the name talk flag Linux than wordplay in connection with the US-American talk has Linux, and a certain reference to communism to be regarded.