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Chinese government offices told to remove foreign computer equipment and software within three years

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the Chinese government told Chinese government offices and public institutions that they need to remove all foreign software and computer equipment within three years, according to a report by the Financial Times. The move could require 20 to 30 million devices to be replaced in that time, according to analysts that spoke with the Financial Times. This move is the next step in a lengthening trade war between the United States and the Chinese government.

The move to replace so many devices could have a large impact on American manufacturers like Microsoft, Dell, and HP, but could also impact the China-based Lenovo. As the Guardian points out, Lenovo is based in China, but parts of its devices, including processors and hard drives, are made by American companies.
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brawndolicious

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How the hell does that work with legacy/enterprise software?

Also, I feel the only reason to do this is to install spyware on every computer.
 
jediyoshi

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I'm trying to piece together in my head a PC workstation that is only Chinese parts but I'm not seeing it.
 
Jadax

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Tbh I feel like they've stolen enough software ideas/blueprints to be able to make functional ones. The issue is hardware, that shit requires machinery, people with skills, the resources etc EVEN after you've stolen the patents/blueprints.
 
brawndolicious

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Somnid said:
China is very much a "move fast and break things" kind of country. I suspect this will quietly be a disaster and we'll never hear about it.
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I'm certain there will be several years, maybe even a decade, of them running two pieces of software side-by-side. Literally everything you do, you have to do twice.

Jadax said:
Tbh I feel like they've stolen enough software ideas/blueprints to be able to make functional ones. The issue is hardware, that shit requires machinery, people with skills, the resources etc EVEN after you've stolen the patents/blueprints.
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You still have to build and test the shit. It takes a long time (much longer than whatever the initial plan was) when even a medium sized company wants to migrate to new software.
 
Crimsonskies

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Meh China will be fine they got these guys I hear Binbows 10 by Michaelsoft is truly an amazing opearting system :P

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StrangerDanger

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Feels like this might just be a pissing contest. They are not self sufficient enough when it comes to DRAM, NAND, GPU requirements and production. I bet they will try to find a way to hassle american competitors and perhaps the election cycle possibly turning parties can help them develop better negotiations.
 

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Just use some chinese linux distros or recompile one and call it Chinux, replace the penguin with a bear or something.
 
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