According to research company IDC, 2.1 million Linux operating systems were shipped in 2003 generating US$8.1M revenue.
Dominant player in Linux client operating systems is Red Flag Linux.
Red Flag Software was established in June 2000 by the Software Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and NewMargin Venture Capital. It received investment from the Ministry of Information Industry's CCID Capital in March 2001. Today CAS and CCID Capital are the company's two largest shareholders and together hold more than 60 percent of the company, Zhao said.
