In China, currently second only to South Africa in the world opprobrium stakes, Unix International’s long march to promote Unix as the system for the masses kicked off with a Unix symposium attended by 1,500 delegates representing industry, business, education and government, and a meeting with China’s Ministry of Information Technology. Unix International wants the Chinese government to adopt Unix as a standard requirement in all its purchases – all very well, but computer imports into China are banned at present. Nevertheless, Peter Cunningham, Unix International chief, says he expects some announcements of government standards over the next few weeks. From there, Unix International moved on to talks with Taiwanese and South Korean MS-DOS micromakers, which could potentially represent a lucrative market for the Unix operating system.
