China's Government Unveils 'China Operating System' To Great Skepticism

Posted by Soulskill on Friday January 17, 2014 @07:33AM from the search-many-of-your-favorite-words dept.

redletterdave writes "The government of China is not too fond of foreign mobile operating systems like iOS and Android, so the country cooked up its own homegrown solution: A Linux-based, open-source operating system called the COS, or China Operating System. But consumers have every right to be skeptical; China is using the recent NSA scandal in the U.S. to push its own product. A government-approved mobile operating system, especially in China of all places, reeks of its own backdoor exploits for governmental spying."

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May Not be Open Source by ZombieBraintrust · 2014-01-17 08:01 · Score: 3, Informative

According to zdnet.com it is not open source. However, due to "safety concerns", COS is not an open source system, revealed a 21cbh.com report.
If so then they are likely in non complience with the licenses involved.
Re:MaOS by broken_chaos · 2014-01-17 08:23 · Score: 3, Informative

It's a wordplay on "Mao", the guy famous for kickstarting communism in China.