Re:Hobbling Huawei: Inside the U.S. war on China’s tech giant
by adventured on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @05:46PM
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I think there was substantial skepticism among those nations and those companies that anybody was going to beat them to the punch, specifically that China would present such a credible offering. China went from barely having any tech in 1999, to showing up for the race by 2009, to competing to lead in 5G by 2019. If you asked Intel, Cisco, Qualcomm, or the European suppliers, about that in 2005 or 2010, they would have never believed it. Simply put, I think they all believed they could take their time and that the market was theirs (resting on one's laurels). They underestimated China's determination. We'll see if they keep making that mistake.
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Re:Hobbling Huawei: Inside the U.S. war on China’s tech giant
by DEADBEEFC0FFEE on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @06:29PM
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Absolutely right. Look at the profits if the incumbents over the last 20 years. Look at the huge number of vulnerabilities for Cisco alone and in many cases the ridiculousness of them (passwords, keys, backdoors). They largely became a licensing, consulting and training company.
Re:Hobbling Huawei: Inside the U.S. war on China’s tech giant
by fmajid on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @08:42PM
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There was no doubt. Even 20 years ago when I worked for France Telecom it was clear Huawei was going to eat Western telecom equipment manufacturers' lunch. They were outspending them 2:1.