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Re:Another Reason U.S. Fears Huawei: Its Gear Works and It's... by rayiner on Friday January 25, 2019 @11:41AM (#18999653)
That and they free ride on the R&D of other companies. I was talking to an engineer at Ciscoper years ago, who mentioned that they copied a router design down to the English silk screened assembly instructions in the PCBs.
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Re:Another Reason U.S. Fears Huawei: Its Gear Works and It's... by sct202 on Friday January 25, 2019 @11:54AM (#18999796)
With all the layoffs across the telecom equipment industry, Huawei should be able to get a ton of highly qualified/knowledgeable engineers in Europe, Japan and the US full of trade secrets.
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Re:Another Reason U.S. Fears Huawei: Its Gear Works and It's... by jwist on Friday January 25, 2019 @12:19PM (#19000060)
Why bother when they can just steal the information?
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