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> Huawei is most likely to start relying on open source tech If only. So far they've been very much the opposite, even in comparison to other CN companies! Whi
by 0815test 7y ago
> Huawei is most likely to start relying on open source tech
If only. So far they've been very much the opposite, even in comparison to other CN companies! Which is one key reason why this whole kerfuffle is going to be so much of a problem for them. In theory, they would have plenty to gain by retooling towards open solutions - but everything so far implies that they won't!
- yogthos 7y agoPossible, but they're in a completely different situation now where their credibility is under threat. Before they were just another phone company, now they have to prove that their technology is above board.
- criddell 7y agoThey were never just another phone company. Their ties to the Chinese government were never a secret. If the US government partnered with a US company founded by former Defense Department people to build a product called Freedom Fone using mostly open source software, would you trust it?
- yogthos 7y agoA lot of open source American tech has roots in NSA and other agencies. Signal and Tor are good examples, yet people seem to trust them.
- criddell 7y agoThe operations of a company with size and might of Huawei in China is nothing like the operations of big European or American companies. The Chinese government is very involved. They have offices in the company. Do you think Signal has a government representative on site all the time?
- elp 7y agoLarge American corps spend a lot on lobbying. Its not really different. Also I seem to remember that the CIA's investment company was one of the early investors in Google.
- criddell 7y agoIt's entirely different because the direction of control is in the opposite direction. There's nothing comparable at Google to the Communist Party's role in managament decisions at companies like Huawei.
- bugdd0 7y ago> The Chinese government is very involved. They have offices in the company. Source? that's quite bizarre to believe.
- throw667843 7y agoStrange then that Huawei wanted to sell itself to Motorola.
- criddell 7y agoI believe that's as likely as Foxconn actually fulfilling their end of the deal in Wisconsin.