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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. Office 200? by bdesham · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Office 200? Wow, M$ has been around a lot longer than I thought!

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    1. Re:Office 200? by sketchkid · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      office 200? man, now i understand why all the older geeks say im too young.

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  2. Re:office 200 by Lord+High+Troll · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I laughed so hard when I read your sig snot shot out of my nose!!!

  3. Re:The real question on everyone's mind... by Blind+Linux · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The first recipient of this form of treatment was rumored to have changed his name to Tai-Ni Wang.