| After `hot' start, Linux now is `realistic' about China inroads |
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``Last year, Linux in China was hot,'' says Liu Bo, co-founder and chief executive of Red Flag Software, a prominent Linux vendor here. ``This year, we are more realistic.''
Linux and other open-source products should be ideal for China. Microsoft's products are not affordable for the huge majority of people here. Linux is extremely inexpensive, or free. Microsoft's software is notoriously porous to hackers and the source code, or programming instructions, are secret. Linux is more stable and its source code is open for inspection.
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