The economics of computing in China have led to the kind of contradiction that Mao Zedong would have loved. A massive installation of Linux in government departments and schools across the country could be a precursor to family use when today's rural youth grow up, make money, move into the cities and buy computers for their children. But that scenario is still far away. Oh, and they provide a place for him to sleep. Linux is like a Chinese peasant uprising When the oppressed recognize their suffering, they find the strength to overthrow those in power, reports Beijing's China Youth Daily.
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