Last month's alliance between Hewlett-Packard and Linux developer Red Flag Software should lead to cooperation between 2 firms on technology development, marketing of Red Flag Linux to firms in China and around world. [InfoWorld]
Firm near release of English-language version of Red Flag Desktop 4.0 OS, according to company executive; is first non-Chinese commercial product offered by firm, will help it expand into international markets, a long-standing goal. [InfoWorld]
Plans for governments and private sector firms of China, Japan, South Korea, to jointly work together to develop new OS to rival Microsoft Windows to be unveiled later this week, according to 2 Japanese newspaper reports. [InfoWorld]