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China started the process of switching from x86 to own architecture (loong-something if I recall correctly). Where Microsoft is essentially not present. I thin
by nokeya 3y ago
China started the process of switching from x86 to own architecture (loong-something if I recall correctly). Where Microsoft is essentially not present. I think they use Microsoft products a lot like any other governments. So we might see a big switch to libreoffice soon
- pquki4 3y agoLoongArch, I believe
- Havoc 3y agoChina gov is already on a mainly Linux stack https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kylin_(operating_system) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kylin_(operating_system) Unsure what office tools they use though
- larodi 3y agoChinese started WPS Office (called Kingsoft before) in 1989. Since end of 90s it is state favored and in 2011 received major grand. My wild guess is that they have much more incentive to use this rather than some broken open source Java thingie which is generally much slower than WPS. This package is 36 years old and very often overlooked by analysts dunno why. At time of writing there isn’t a single mention of this in the comments… very weird?! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WPS_Office https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WPS_Office
- TheCleric 3y agoEven North Korea has their own linux distro: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Star_OS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Star_OS