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[–] 34 points 2 months ago*

Honestly, I hope every company that donated to Trump collapses as a result of their technofascism. Microsoft gave a million dollar bribe to Trump's "inaugural" fund so F 'em

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Now this is interesting to say the least.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    The best thing about open source is that a huge new entrant into the system only adds to the system. China will undoubtedly make changes but others can choose to implement or not. Some may be good for all. Some may suit Chinese users only. Some may suit government only. Some may suit Chinese government only. Whatever, it's options and novel methods.

    And the more that do this globally, the more independence and options we all have.

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    [–] 60 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    I kind of can't believe that China doesn't have its very own operating system already.

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  • [–] 29 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Good. And when China says they're axing something that means the entire population isn't going to be using it anymore.

    Hope microslop feels that right in the pocketbook.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 months ago (12 children)

    Honestly just shocked to hear they're still on Windows.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (7 children)

    China's tech boom is relatively recent so they had to rely on western tech in the mean time. Now they probably also have the same issues as other non US countries in that it is hard to retrain all staff to use a "new" OS and related software.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (5 children)

    China’s tech boom is relatively recent so they had to rely on western tech in the mean time.

    That logic does not follow.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (3 children)

    It's essentially saying: "I only recently got a computer, so I had to install Windows."

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (2 children)

    Pardon my ignorance, but did they have other options during the 90s and early 2000s? Did they have big software houses that could produce their own OS or tailor Linux to what I assume was then foreign hardware, and also have the ability to interact with standard file formats like Microsoft Office documents so that they could interact with foreign companies?

    (Since tone can be hard to convey in text, and comment threads often lean aggressive, I want to say that these are genuine questions, not an attempt to be snarky)

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    where do you think all the hacked versions you can download online have come from all these years?

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  • [–] 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    North Korea did it before it was cool 🤣🤣

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  • [–] 16 points 2 months ago*

    The China Government Edition of Windows 10 was not developed by Microsoft; C&M Information Technologies (CMIT) developed it. CMIT itself is the product of a 2016 joint venture between Microsoft and the state-owned China Electronics Technology Group. This custom Windows build is designed to comply with Chinese government requirements and includes localized activation and update measures. It also removes certain customer services and adds support for Chinese cryptographic standards.

    Fascinating.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago

    MSFT will soon bribe our regime to compel us to use Windows, I presume.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    Who knew, the year of the Linux desktop. I guess we can pack up that joke.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    The definition has narrowed from year of Linux, to desktop specifically, because it has mostly taken over every other computing application already

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Can you imagine running Windows Server? Like… for what? 😂

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    I can. I know a company that runs dozens if not hundreds. They also use MySQL - not even MariaDB, actual MySQL, on all those servers in addition to their own software. I sometimes wonder if they pay the license fees on that. If I ever do end up starting a competing business, I could just tip off Oracle about that and they'd lose millions. Wouldn't even lose any sleep for it, they got bought out by private equity in a rather tragic story (founder didn't want to ever sell it).

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    There's an old Bill Gates quote about whether he was worried Windows software piracy in foreign countries was hurting the Microsoft bottom line. He responded, "I'd rather they pirate copies today so we can sell them copies tomorrow."

    Similar logic behind distributing Student copies of windows software on high school / college campuses.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Please china give me MaoOS

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    The only problem is the "follows Europe". China is ditching windows since 2019.

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