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Reply #9: It should be obvious why China's rulers would prefer Microsoft over Linux. [View All]

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Mon Jul-30-07 05:32 PM
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9. It should be obvious why China's rulers would prefer Microsoft over Linux.

At one point IIRC, China was distributing its own version of Linux called Red Flag Linux. However, I can understand why a dictatorship would prefer Microsoft: Microsoft products are so insecure that privacy is easily breached. If you want to spy on someone, you would definitely encourage them to use Microsoft products.

Microsoft products are riddled with spyware to prevent users from "stealing" from the company. If China's leaders play nice with Bill, then maybe he will use that spyware to spy on critics of the government.

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