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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. 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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    go get it