Re:China wants to build an open source ecosystem to rival Gi...
by PakG1 on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @08:53PM
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That being said, Github is now owned by Microsoft and Microsoft has a very strong relationship with the Chinese government such that they provided a custom version of Windows 10 for them. https://www.theverge.com/2017/3/21/14998644/microsoft-window... But I see your point.
Re:China wants to build an open source ecosystem to rival Gi...
by whatshisface on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @09:42PM
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The USG steamrolls the interests of US companies without a second thought, whenever sanctions are implemented. It doesn't matter how badly Microsoft wants to trade with China, they can't stop sanctions.
Re:China wants to build an open source ecosystem to rival Gi...
by idrios on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @09:24PM
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I'm pretty sure it's also about being able to ban Github. China banned it once before in 2013 but had to unban it when developers complained that the ban interfered with their work
Github is still owned by an american company and it has shown that it needs to comply with whatever foreign policy that washington enacts. It's reasonable want to have a contingency plan that would allow the Chinese domestic software industry to continue to function when things turn sour between the two powers.