Debian to be Marketed to Japan and China

darthcamaro writes "Thanks to Sun Wah Linux and VA Linux Systems Japan, Debian is about to get some major exposure in Asia according to a report. Debian developer Matthew Garrett told internetnews.com that Debian has always been one of the most international Linux distributions. "It's wonderful to see initiatives that will increase our representation in countries with a growing interest in Linux," he added. "It's especially heartening to see this move coming from commercial enterprises, as it demonstrates that free software can work with business."" There's also a post on Newsforge as well.

Well, I can see it now.

[schnits0r]

I can see how this thread is bound to play out....

A: "Debian is all old!"
B: "Yes, but it's stable and it rulez in professional environments where you can't crash"
C: "Um, but Red Hat has pro support, if you're a pro"
B: "You can buy support from vendors"
D: "Don't people realize stable means stable, and testing means testing and it's wonderful that there are so many options?"
E: "My Gentoo system rox!"
A,C,D: link to sites like funroll-loops.org
F: Hypes up debian-based Knoppix.
G: Hypes up debian-based Ubuntu.
A: "Debian testing is still old, I need new"
B: 'You could try gentoo, you unfaithful kid".
yadda yadda yadda. It's funny, laugh.

Finally and export to China...

[Statecraftsman]

besides scrap and raw materials. And guess what...it's free!

People's Republic of the World ---- 1
United States of the World -------- 0

they forgot one...

[aendeuryu]

Debian is about to get some major exposure in Asia according to a report.

Debian to be Marketed to Japan and China

Meanwhile, Korea wonders if it should use its powers of invisibility for good or evil...

Great

[Anonymous Coward]

now we'll have two gazillion asians using it to be cool and inflate their penis

Re:Tried already with BSD

[Trogre]

The asian mindset doesn't really understand the open source concept and would prefer reliable software with a strong manufacture behind it.

Well that eliminates Microsoft Windows as an option. But what else do they have that would fill that need?

Perhaps Linux backed by IBM. That gives reliability and a strong "manufacturer".

Re:Enterprises

[idiotnot]

Who would you rather do lunch with.....a cute chick from RedHat or Novell, or some fat dude in a thinkgeek t-shirt?

Unfortunately, I have seen this happen quite a bit.

Re:Tried already with BSD

[ShieldW0lf]

Does that mean that one of the big reasons why Linux is a strong competitor in the west is because it's free & the competitors aren't?

That's just not fair. You can't go saying things like that here. It's like dangling a marshmallow in front of a baby with a flamethrower. How the hell is anybody supposed to keep their karma with you saying things like that?

Why don't you just go moderate quietly over there?

Re:they forgot one...

[incom]

They're americans, they can only fit countries with 150+ million can fit into their 8 byte geography buffer.

Re:Tried already with BSD

[Riktov]

I think it's a language called "Asian", which is the apparently the extent to which Anonymous Coward is capable of distinguishing between cultures and countries.

Public Service Announcement

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm supprised that the editors didn't mention that OSTG which owns slashdot is owned by VA systems (IIRC) and that va sys. japan is no doubt a subsidiary.

now mod this +3 informitive, or i'll cower in the corner with my fedora2 install.

Re:Well, I can see it now.

[iamskelter]

In Korea, only old people use Debian Stable.

Re:Well, I can see it now.

[shutdown -p now]

You forgot J mentioning superior stability of *BSD over that of Debian and Linux in general, followed by an obligatory "*BSD is dying" comment by K. Of course, then E comes and says that Gentoo has all the good things from *BSD (portage blah blah blah), and it starts all over again.

Re:they forgot one...

[Anonymous Coward]

Nah, we've just got a strict "catch and release" policy, and the small stuff isn't worth going after. ;-)