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Chinese Government to Use Only Local Software

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the five-year-plan dept.

owlmon writes "CNET Asia is reporting that China has outlawed foreign software in government applications. I expect that software buyers outside of the government will have to follow this lead. It's the same "network effect" that has powered Microsoft's growth for years. When the entire Chinese government is using WPS Office, anyone doing business with the government will feel mighty encouraged to follow suit. Otherwise, how will they exchange documents?"

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  1. Re:Double-edged sword by JessLeah · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Sun is not an acronym. (That is, it's "Sun", not "SUN"). Likewise, "Mac" (as in "Macintosh") is not an acronym. It drives me nuts when people assume any short, technical term (or proper noun) is an acronym. (e.g. "Perl", "Sun", "Mac", "Linux"... NONE of them are acronyms, and ALL of them are frequently written in all caps.)

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    Honey, I shrunk the Cygwin
  2. Re:There are more chinese, just do the math. by ckaminski · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No, it was probably ASSEMBLED there. My Mercury has a sticker that proudly boasts (Assembled in Chicago) woo-hoo...

    With Taiwanese steel, no doubt. :-)