Comment 55 for bug 578281

Oh, c'mon

As you say in the mail, the great percent user of Ubuntu use Google, then why we add Baidu?

Yeah, some guys prefer Baidu as their search engine, but is there any releationship between us?

Those guys maybe never know what's linux or Ubuntu at all, include your parents.

Add Baidu as a search plugin wouldn't be a technical problem, but the philosophy of Baidu goes against Ubuntu's or Linux's.

If we didn’t' do some thing to prevent, then Chinese people will only have one choise, that's not what all we want to see.

-----Original Message-----
From: <email address hidden> [mailto:<email address hidden>] On Behalf Of Chunhao Wang
Sent: 2010年7月22日 13:14
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: [Bug 578281] [NEW] Add search plugin for Baidu

Dear Fellow Chinese Ubuntu Users,

I know all of you hate Baidu. Please calm down, since I don't think it's worthy for you to delete Ubuntu regarding to Baidu.

Honestly and objectively speaking, the users of Baidu are much more than that of Google in China. However, almost all of Linux users are using Google. Many CS-related people are using Google as well, but there is a large number of those who mainly use Baidu.

I am a 100% Linux user (there's no Windows in my hard drive). I use Google at most time. In some special cases I use Baidu, e.g., I want to get the results in Chinese while I search in English.

My parents use Baidu. Many of my non-CS friends use Baidu. I am not willing to persuade them to use Google instead, like I seldom persuade someone to use Linux, because they are used to what they are using.

I think adding Baidu into the list is a good idea. Not making Baidu the default is also a good idea, because if the users encounter Linux problems, Google will help them much well than Baidu.

Thanks,
Chunhao

On Tue, 2010-07-20 at 11:44 +0000, Launchpad Bug Tracker wrote:
> You have been subscribed to a public bug:
>
> Binary package hint: ubufox
>
> Baidu is the leading search engine in China
> (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63R5YM20100429) and growing
> given Google's departure from China. It will return results that are
> more targeted and relevant to users based in China.
>
> I'm attaching a search plugin xml file for Baidu, generated using some
> information from OEM Service's communications with Baidu and looking
> at the suggestion info used in https://addons.mozilla.org/en-
> US/firefox/addon/9184/
>
> The suggestion bit works, but not quick enough to suggest as you type...
> If you type something in (>= 4 chars) and later backspace, you'll see
> the cached suggestion results that FF received. Not sure if I did
> something wrong or if it's just slow.
>
> Baidu told OEM Services that their name is natively spelled 百度一下 so I
> used that. Baidu's site is not translated into English, so I don't
> see a compelling reason for the name to be the Englishy "Baidu"
> instead of what a native speaker would presumably prefer.
>
> This also uses Ubuntu's Baidu ID for searches (the cl=3&tn=ubuntuu_cb
> bit).
>
> Just drop the attached plugin into the searchplugins folder in ubufox.
>
> ** Affects: language-pack-zh-hans (Ubuntu)
> Importance: High
> Assignee: Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)
> Status: Confirmed
>
> ** Affects: language-pack-zh-hans (Ubuntu Lucid)
> Importance: High
> Assignee: Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)
> Status: Confirmed
>
> ** Affects: language-pack-zh-hans (Ubuntu Maverick)
> Importance: High
> Assignee: Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)
> Status: Confirmed
>

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Add search plugin for Baidu
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/578281
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