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Uhm how is chinese state looking to make profit of Deepin?
What do you mean by make profit of?
MS has to make profit of Windows. China doesn't or can't if Deepin is opensource.
Microsoft is heavily subsidized through government contracts. Deepin has it's paid support UOS alternative with extra services.
What has that to do with my initial comment? And yes that's a rhetorical question.
Sorry I don't understand.