undefined | Better HN

0 pointskalleboo5y ago0 comments

They're probably still better off than if they clamped down on piracy and China decided to develop a competitor to Windows and switched to that

0 comments

cies5y ago

China did, it's (was) called Red Flag Linux. It's shut down now. I believe this product was mainly a tactic to get the Chinese gov't a better position in negotiating deal with MS (probably regarding both cost and access to backdoors).

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

0 pointskalleboo5y ago0 comments

They're probably still better off than if they clamped down on piracy and China decided to develop a competitor to Windows and switched to that

0 comments

cies5y ago

China did, it's (was) called Red Flag Linux. It's shut down now. I believe this product was mainly a tactic to get the Chinese gov't a better position in negotiating deal with MS (probably regarding both cost and access to backdoors).

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse