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Huawei has been under US export restriction since 2019 IIRC because they were violating US sanctions against Iran, which is why they could not continue licensin
by nazgulsenpai 1y ago
Huawei has been under US export restriction since 2019 IIRC because they were violating US sanctions against Iran, which is why they could not continue licensing Windows, and I presume is why they went down the path to create their own desktop operating system.
- segmondy 1y agoIs that so? Quite the speculation. USA restricted their telecom equipment because USA doesn't trust their radio and think it might have backdoors specially with their close relationship to China's military. Well, every accusation is a confession, so China feels the same about Windows, that USA might have backdoor in it too due to Microsoft's association with US military so they need something that is not windows too. This is my own speculation ...
- nazgulsenpai 1y agoMaybe I have the timeline wrong but here's at least a quick source to show I didn't just make it up (I question myself sometimes, joys of aging) https://www.nbcnews.com/news/all/u-s-says-chinese-telecom-giant-huawei-did-business-iran-n1136551 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/all/u-s-says-chinese-telecom-gi...