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Linux market in China has a new champion in Xteam

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The burgeoning Linux market in China now has a new star in Xteam Software, which is set to be a leader in the open-source community in China. Founded in 1999, Xteam is the world’s first Chinese Linux OS provider. The company recently acquired the software unit of a state-owned enterprise, Beijing Development, for HK$424.27 million (US$54.4 million), instantly making it the software giant in the local Linux industry.

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Void_Main ·
Is this Xteam in any way related to Red Flag Linux? Red Flag Linux came out middle 1999 and I thought was the most popular Chinese Linux distro (at least it's the only one I had ever heard a lot about). I was just a little surprised by a couple of the claims in the article as I assumed Red Flag was the first and biggest:

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=5784 http://www.redflag-linux.com/eindex.html

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