> Imagine if a Chinese company spent 5 years, and millions of dollars, to build an application on top of the Microsoft Windows framework. Then one day, the Amer

> Imagine if a Chinese company spent 5 years, and millions of dollars, to build an application on top of the Microsoft Windows framework. Then one day, the American government says: Hey, we will no longer allow you to use Windows. > Now, your expensive program, is wasted, and is now worth less than a paperweight. Even a paperweight is more useful than your program. Didn't this essentially happen with Android? I'm not as familiar with that market but it seems there's no need for imaginary scenarios. And private firms do this kind of thing to each other all the time. Google is notorious for suddenly dumping things people depend on. And in hardware it is a big headache as you can unexpectedly lose the source to components of your product.