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Intel Warns Asia Over Linux Plan

Posted by simoniker on from the insert-joke-here-inside dept.

rimbaldi writes "Intel's CEO, Craig Barrett recently warned the Chinese government that their attempt to create regional standards for computers and communications, including standards using Linux-based software, may be doomed to failure, since 'such a strategy might protect local companies and markets in the short term, [but] it would make it more difficult for Asian companies to participate in world markets.' This is in reaction to earlier Slashdot-covered stories about an Asian software consortium and China disallowing foreign software."

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  1. Intel Scared? by yo5oy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    it is just really funny to see a multinational company watching out for the interests of one the largest potential new markets by stating that they won't be able to compete ten to twenty years from now. FUD.

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  2. Missing the Point by overshoot · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Intel is pushing -- hard -- for TCPA/Palladium/NGSCB/whatever. The idea is to make sure that non-TCPA systems are completely left out of the information ecology. With Intel, AMD, Microsoft, and IBM on board the fix is pretty much in.

    Or it would be, if nobody like the Chinese got uppity. Planning to go with non-TCPA software is certainly Not Part of the Plan, and could derail all of Intel's plans.

    That just can't be allowed now, can it?

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  3. Re:Or maybe Intel is worried about... by greylion3 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The parent to this comment has an extremely good point - without Linux, they would have to start from scratch writing an OS for their new chip.
    With Linux, all they have to do is write a good compiler.

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  4. Re:It makes sence.. by AllUsernamesAreGone · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Do not make the mistake of confusing ignorance with tactics, or that this is aimed at China. This is aimed squarely at western companies who may be interested in working with or investing in China - the same western companies whose bosses will attach significant weight to anything that issues from the mouth of a well-known CEO.

    This isn't an attempt to put china off directly, it's an attempt to put western companies off working with China and lending weight to China's approach (which would surely be disasterous for Intel and Microsoft if it encouraged more countries to implement home-grown hardware and software rather than Wintel supported systems).