China plans to oust Microsoft, Apple and Android with own software

[rpannier]

China is planning its own desktop and mobile software to oust imported rivals from Microsoft, Apple and Google.

The unnamed desktop version is due for release in October with its own app store, independent of western companies, with a version for smartphones and tablets due in three to five years.

Chinese authorities hope to displace Google’s Android software, and the many modified open-source versions of Android, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology reported via the state-run People’s Post.

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China banned Microsoft’s Windows 8 from government computers in May with the majority of computers still running Windows XP, according to the Chinese newspaper, which is no longer supported by Microsoft.

Microsoft also faces a monopoly investigation in China related to Windows and Office.

link
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/26/china-microsoft-apple-android-state-software

maybe apple and microsoft can now stop having stuff made in china and come back to the US

[jakeXT]

1. Reverse Globalisation /nt

[leftyohiolib]

2. what's that nelson?

it looks like he's laughing at the avatar

[Gidney N Cloyd]

3. Maybe I should just write down all my personal info and mail it to the Chinese government.

[JustAnotherGen]

4. Time to start

A full blown import of tablets, smartphones, and basic phones from Chicago.

[MohRokTah]

5. Most likely much of the IP in the Chinese software came from Microsoft and Apple.

Since both companies outsourced much of their software development to China, the IP was in country and has been for years.