Microsoft extends China link with government version of Windows 10

[froggyboy604]

MICROSOFT'S JAMMY SOD DEPARTMENT has managed to pull off something of a coup with the announcement that it is to form a joint venture to bring Windows 10 to the Chinese public sector.

For Microsoft, it brings the chance of an income stream from the Chinese market where the vast majority of Windows installations are pirated. It is also thought that China is one of the hotbeds of hold outs clinging on to Windows XP, and getting them off the books will have Redmond rubbing its hands with glee.


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I wonder if this Chinese version of Windows 10 will have built-in spying tools which spy on users, and send their information and usage data to the Chinese government.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

Why the focus on China? They won't upgrade or they will just rip off the software.

 

[froggyboy604]

Why the focus on China? They won't upgrade or they will just rip off the software.

I agree most of them will not upgrade from Windows XP, or 7 because a lot of Chinese software and hardware may not work on Windows 10.

 

[VirusZero]

Yeah... given how many hooks Windows 10 has for spying on users as it is, I can imagine they'd embed just a few more for the Chinese government. That is if the Chinese government didn't have some already to add in themselves...

As an aside, wasn't China also looking at going into Linux too?

 

[froggyboy604]

I think China did plan to use Linux, but Linux promotes freedom. Linux can also be modified more because Linux code is open source/free. China may not want its citizens to use an operating systems which can be modified, and promotes ideas like freedom by making its code opensource.