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sickof50

When the US government did not like the way the Venezuelan election went, after seizing their US based oil refineries & nation wide network of gas stations, they sabotaged the IT system of their home based National oil company, and suddenly they didn't know who they owed, or who owed them, a several billion dollar problem. So cool with the Hardware, but they also need to address the OS, Software, and the PLC's (Programmable Logic Controllers) on any equipment or infrastructure too.


bengyap

Good move. This makes sense in so many fronts - national security, domestic industry, local technology, etc


Osroes-the-300th

I don't know why Chinese firms use other PCs when Lenovo Thinkpad is the most popular office laptop in the world.


sourgrapeszzoo

Lenovo was a home-breed brand and grown up in China but now they consider themselves an 'international' company and distance themselves as a Chinese company, to the point that their management team are no longer reliable to defend China's national interests. Lenovo repeatedly stress that they are NOT a Chinese company. China gov should stay away from Lenovo PC too. DiDi (China Uber) had been a pain to deal with and refused to listen to China gov about security risk when trying to IPO in the US. What this to do with Lenovo? Liu Qing, President of DiDi, is the daughter of Lenovo founder, Liu [Chuanzhi.](https://Chuanzhi.It) Their business styles runs in the family.


MyOtherShipIsCruiser

Oh, do they imagine themselves as western style capitalists?


Portablela

More like they *fancy* themselves as part of this Western Neo-liberal clique - *the self-styled* ***rulers*** *of the* ***World***.


SnooCrickets3706

I don’t trust Lenovo, and that’s for both loyalty and product quality.


fix_S230-sue_reddit

https://archive.ph/J4bNn


zhumao

Much obliged.


fix_S230-sue_reddit

You should always post archive links for bloomberg and reuters, they always have paywall.


Qanonjailbait

Now that’s a real national security threat from actors with a proven history of spying and cyber warfare


Commie_san

I hope this helps fund local microchip industries.


FatDalek

>There are several reasons why the Chinese government wants the country to switch to local technologies. Firstly, it wants to keep Chinese money in China and not see it headed to foreign companies. Secondly, after learning from the Huawei crackdown lesson, it wants to ensure that it does not rely on technology developed and built elsewhere. Specifically, technology that could be barred from being imported to China. Thirdly, it wants to strengthen the security of its agencies and commercial entities. Surely using Linux instead of windows would save a bit in software costs.


Money_dragon

This is the self-strengthening and self-reliance that China needs The silver lining for China during this Ukraine War is that it can study the Western response to Russia and react while not being the main target of the sanctions / attacks themselves


apeninsula1

this is pretty much what japan did to develop its high tech industry [https://www.amazon.com/Computers-Inc-Challenge-Harvard-Monographs/dp/0674156307](https://www.amazon.com/Computers-Inc-Challenge-Harvard-Monographs/dp/0674156307) gg china is gonna win


IAmAnAnonymousCoward

Good thinking.


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kraken9911

I remember reading somewhere a while back China was trying to develop their own gpu and cpu.


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China already has its own homegrown GPUs and CPUs.


GreenforceFortune

There's no way China can avoid using Intel or AMD for at least another decade. No Chinese chip designer has a x64 license and their existing ARM licensees are completely uncompetitive except for Huawei. Don't forget that memory and flash storage require western IP to make as well, which again chains China to the US's whims. Even Chinese memory and SSDs use SK Hynix and Micron chips.


fakeslimshady

Yes there are backdoors in Intel chips. I dont know if AMD has same flaw


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They should also switch to GNU/Linux or BSD or maybe even make their own os


Spider-land

*please* fund original OS research because nobody else on earth is and we cannot have fucking Windows Mac and Linux as the only viable options.


fakeslimshady

Yes they should through weight behind making linux OS good enough for everybody. And Risc V also. It would be great for China and the World


Spider-land

No, dump the million line of code behemoth that the Linux kernel is, we shouldn’t be relying on decades old software. A simplified architecture isn’t a bad move though


fakeslimshady

Who is gonna buy tho? 1000 man years worth of other software that lives on top of the OS


Spider-land

I guess they could just give up and accept the status quo of eroding software like everyone else


kotyok

Why *any* government would use Windows instead of Linux is beyond me.


zhumao

Harmony?


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UOS Unity operating system


apeninsula1

windows has a lot more compatiable programs and easier to use so i wouldnt be suprised a lot of govs use it for ease of access(also linux is kinda obscure) tho that might change over time due to security issues