[LUAU] "Taiwanese bodies in major Linux push"

[Hawaii Linux Institute]

For the past five years or so I have been advising the Industrial 
Technology Technology Institute (ITRI) to pay attention to Linux.  It 
appears that they are finally taking actions:

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=17965

" . . . Additionally, the Industrial Technology Research Institute of 
Taiwan and the Institute for Information Industry have both got involved 
in R&D for Linux programs. The III, according to the /Taiwan Economic 
News/ reckons the Linux market will grow to $4 billion USD worldwide in 
2008, and will have an annual growth rate of 58% over the next five 
years. . ."

(ITRI is the National Applied Research Laboratory of Taiwan, with an 
annual R&D budget in access of $500 million USD.  I have been a legal 
counsel to ITRI until this year--for health reasons, the travel schedule 
is killing me.)

Locally, we have HOSEF and LUAU (I would like to consider them as 
separate entities with overlapping personnel) respectively providing 
Linux related services.  However, I have not seen a lot of 
business/technological ideas being discussed.  (If they have, then I 
must have missed them, my apology.)

I am not privy to what ITRI is planning to do with Linux, also the 
Inquirer is probably not the most reliable news source in the world.  
But we probably would like to see more discussions on business/technical 
ideas.  wayne