The Rapid Rise, Release of Asianux 2.0

Wow, from I am hearing about Asianux 2.0, I think it could really spell trouble for US Linux distributors trying to penetrate the Asian marketplace.

The Asianux 2.0 Linux distribution hit the streets of China and Korea today, signaling the further rise of the joint Linux development effort against competing Linux distributors such as Novell (Quote, Chart), Red Hat (Quote, Chart) and Sun Wah Linux.

Asianux is the joint effort of companies in China, Korea and Japan with the backing of government and multinational heavyweight Oracle (Quote, Chart).

Despite its ostentatious goal of being “the” Asian Linux, Asianux enters an Asian Linux market that is already extremely competitive with Novell, Turbolinux, Red Hat, Sun Wah Linux and others all jostling for a piece of the world’s fastest growing economy.

The Asianux effort is currently made up of three Asian Linux companies, Red Flag Linux of China, Miracle Linux of Japan and Haansoft Linux of Korea. [Read the rest]