Chinese Government to Use Only Local Software

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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This is excellent

[Anonymous Coward]

Finally Microsoft gets to taste its own medicine.

CNET Asia

[Anonymous Coward]

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?

This is it

[mholt108]

And thus singnals, the end of the American empire.

Ha Ha stupid Micro$oft

[Anonymous Coward]

We use our own software. You get eggroll. Now fuck off roundeye.

Re:Conversion Filter?

[patch-rustem]

Thats great!
I've got an Office 97 access database that I can't get to work at all with Office 2000.
If I e-mail you the file (~124Mb) please could you convert it so I use it on my Win2K laptop.

no

[AmVidia HQ]

you are stagerringly absurd. How can you control something that's open source? If they wanted to impose control, they would replace MS stuff with their own, goverment controlled, "proprietary" software.

By using open source, China is free of foreign economic and techological control. You are right in the "despots" aspect though. It is about controlling China by their own hands.