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Re:Huawei is working on its own mobile OS in case things sou... by ams6110 on Thursday June 23, 2016 @10:17AM (#11961006)
Is this an Asian thing? Like Juche?
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Re:Huawei is working on its own mobile OS in case things sou... by frandroid on Thursday June 23, 2016 @10:54AM (#11961360)
It's a "we have no idea when these companies OR our own government might suddenly screw us out of the software we need to sell our hardware, due to changing geopolitical winds" thing. A bit like avoiding your whole startup being only a third-party Facebook or Twitter developer. :)
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Re:Huawei is working on its own mobile OS in case things sou... by bogomipz on Thursday June 23, 2016 @11:32AM (#11961768)
Or when some foreign government might suddenly screw you hard:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-08-07/chinas-hua...

The US has no problem purchasing foreign telecom gear from foreign companies - Ericsson(Swedish) and Alcatel/Lucent(French), just Huawei. Selective economic protectionism. Free market what?

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