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The Chinese government is attempting to develop an alternative to Windows, based on Linux, in order to reduce reliance on foreign imports.
The Chinese government is attempting to develop an alternative to Windows, based on Linux, in order to reduce reliance on foreign imports.
Paranoia, perhaps or general distrust. Anyone know what they are using presently?
alphanumeric;409077}\ said:The general consensus seems to point to Windows XP Pirated edition. Soon to be replaced by Windows 7 Extreme Edition by Jonny.
alphanumeric;409077}\ said:The general consensus seems to point to Windows XP Pirated edition. Soon to be replaced by Windows 7 Extreme Edition by Jonny.
Yea, but what about Windows 8 Prolific
Huh?
They don't like foreign countries getting hold of their govt and commercial secrets. Why is that surprising.
One way to solve this dilemma is through transparency and honesty. Unfortunately, as long as governments use closed-source software, it is hard to audit and trust the actions
alphanumeric;409077}\ said:The general consensus seems to point to Windows XP Pirated edition. Soon to be replaced by Windows 7 Extreme Edition by Jonny.
Hi there
Do you mean THIS edition of Windows !! - The Chinese XP edition I think is based on what's known "in these circles" as The Black Edition. !!
Aren't the CIA themselves the largest single user of "Torrent Sites" in the world too -- presumably they need to know what others are doing. If I were running that type of agency I'd certainly want my operatives to keep up with what people are getting up to - both good and bad.
@Superfly -- A lot of people are really pissed off with UBUNTU now they are going all corporate with UNITY and CANONICAL. People have switched distros in droves to LINUX MINT - while DEBIAN is still an old favourite -- OPENSUSE also gets a decent mention too.
(Loads of others out there but these are the "Usual suspects" that probably encompass the majority of Linux users).
Cheers
jimbo
Now you are being silly. Of course all governments do that kind of thing. Some much more than others.
They also all try and prevent the others from doing it to them.
Obvious.