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It makes a lot of sense :
ergo : US tech's proprietary systems - X86 and Micro$oft - are set to be excluded from 20% of the world's tech marketplace.
Not only that : China is a big manufacturer of the world's electronics... they'll no doubt start exporting hardware with open source software too.
Plus there are a lot of concerns about all the information Micro$oft mines from its OS : it's not suitable for government use afaic.
Interesting to know that. Every OS has its downsides tbh, the Chinese one is no exception. China is notorious for its censorship already and now it's planning to develop its Linux-based OS? Would it slip free of Zhongnanhai's hands?
I wonder if this will endanger the Maoist and Marxist opposition in China if it's widely implemented,