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Re:HarmonyOS is Huawei’s Android alternative for smartphones... by mytailorisrich on Friday August 09, 2019 @06:07AM (#20652870)
It's still called Hongmeng in Chinese, though (as per article's picture).

No-one in the west knows about black societies and no-one ever heard that word. I think this is about having an 'international' name that does not sound too foreign/Chinese and that is not opened to misinformation campaigns.

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Re:HarmonyOS is Huawei’s Android alternative for smartphones... by 07d046 on Friday August 09, 2019 @06:58AM (#20653122)
I recognize the term "Hongmen", although I'm sure I'm not representative of most people. It's probably not in Huawei's interests to have an operating system colloquially known as Triad OS.
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Re:HarmonyOS is Huawei’s Android alternative for smartphones... by JulianMorrison on Friday August 09, 2019 @07:27AM (#20653279)
I dunno, it has a certain kung fu movie cachet.
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