<div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> No, not sarcasm. He was looking at the operating systems actually in use,<br>
not what was on sale. He went to Shenzhen as a buyer.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I can only assume your friend was buying in a very specific sector.</div><div><br></div><div>As a general rule, Linux in China (as everywhere) is huge in embedded and</div>
<div>servers. In my experience in the country (~8 years, many cities, ~2001-2009),</div><div>you really don't see it anywhere else at all, that is: outside of universities and</div><div>hackers. As an employer, I found it very hard to find solid Linux talent outside</div>
<div>of major universities / software development parks.</div><div><br></div><div>- Walter</div></div>