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China to Develop Windows Clone

Posted by michael on from the they-don't-like-software-assurance-either dept.

jimmu writes "According to both The Register and The People's Daily China is set to develop a windows workalike equivalent to Win 98, with full compatibility with Office 200 and Word. Apparently, 18 companies and universities have been working on the 2 initiatives, with a 1.0 version supposedly already released to certain government offices."

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  1. The real question on everyone's mind... by Wraithlyn · · Score: 4, Funny

    Will they have a red screen of death, or blue?

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    1. Re:The real question on everyone's mind... by Coke+in+a+Can · · Score: 4, Funny

      In my opinion, there is only one background for the BSOD that would stop people from getting angry: pornography.

  2. kudos to them by macsox · · Score: 5, Funny

    this is the most ambitious copyright infringement scheme ever to come out of eastern asia, and that's saying something!

    (and by the way, if there were ever a perfect time to use the bill-gates-as-borg icon, it's now.)

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  3. Knockoffs by DragonMagic · · Score: 4, Funny

    with full compatibility with Office 200 and Word

    Gotta watch closely those Chinese knockoffs with their names just *SLIGHTLY* off.

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  4. Re:office 200 by CmdrStkFjta · · Score: 0, Funny

    Windows to produce China Clone.

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  5. Gotta call it... by pensano · · Score: 3, Funny

    Chindows!

  6. Office 200? by Grip3n · · Score: 3, Funny

    Listen, China is trying it's hardest to come into the modern age. Let's not insult them by saying they're still in the 200's rather than the 2000's when you say they're going to support Office 200, capice?

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  7. Spell-checker by flacco · · Score: 3, Funny

    I hear their spell-checker auto-corrects "Republic of China" to "Province of Taiwan".

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  8. Re:Must. Read. Articles. Before. Posting. by UncleFluffy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dear Grammar Nazi

    "grammar nazi" is being used as a proper noun in the above context, and, as such, should be capitalised.

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  9. Re:Hint: CONTROL (was Re:Interesting but..) by Tony-A · · Score: 3, Funny

    I am getting reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeleeeeeeeeeeeeee SICK of all the people on slashdot who insist on equating US Governments behavior to that of China. Get some effing perspective.
    Yeah. China's is improving.