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Maybe chinese tech companies are working to provide alternatives (even for freeish) to break the capital inflow of western rivals and hinder their ability to ou
by szundi 5y ago
Maybe chinese tech companies are working to provide alternatives (even for freeish) to break the capital inflow of western rivals and hinder their ability to outspend them.
- syntaxing 5y agoWhich ironically, RISC-V was funded initially purely by the US government.
- ClumsyPilot 5y agoThere is a missed oportunity for synergy between opensource movement the fact that in ex-Communism cultures, Intellectual Property is a new concept and an average person simply doesn't get it. The typical narrative of "China/Russia stealing our tech" owes a lot to the fact that average Ivan does not know what IP means, but has been told that "Micorosoft owns Windows" and "Apple owns 'Slide to Unlock' " and then it sounds like a bad joke to him. Here is a Chinese firm provising design free-as-in liberty to the world, which ARM/Intel are doing the opposite, I don't know we can capitalise on this opportunity, but we should do so without prejudice.