I kind of can't believe that China doesn't have its very own operating system already.
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China already had their own operating system OpenKylin but low adaptation yet. There is a directive that for all government offices and public institutions, all foreign software has to be removed and replaced by local open source. China government have been using their own local office suit WPS.
One of my favorite stories from last year was that during one of the biggest spats with the US, China banned the export of rare earth materials to the US. They released the document in WPS, which is completely incompatible with MS Word. It took the US state department days to work out how to open the document.
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Good. And when China says they're axing something that means the entire population isn't going to be using it anymore.
Hope microslop feels that right in the pocketbook.
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Honestly just shocked to hear they're still on Windows.
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North Korea did it before it was cool 🤣🤣
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The China Government Edition of Windows 10 was not developed by Microsoft; C&M Information Technologies (CMIT) developed it. CMIT itself is the product of a 2016 joint venture between Microsoft and the state-owned China Electronics Technology Group. This custom Windows build is designed to comply with Chinese government requirements and includes localized activation and update measures. It also removes certain customer services and adds support for Chinese cryptographic standards.
Fascinating.
It's finally happening
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MSFT will soon bribe our regime to compel us to use Windows, I presume.
good movement!
There's an old Bill Gates quote about whether he was worried Windows software piracy in foreign countries was hurting the Microsoft bottom line. He responded, "I'd rather they pirate copies today so we can sell them copies tomorrow."
Similar logic behind distributing Student copies of windows software on high school / college campuses.
Please china give me MaoOS
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The only problem is the "follows Europe". China is ditching windows since 2019.
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