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China Said to Exclude Apple From Procurement List

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Re: China Said to Exclude Apple From Procurement List

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A country the size of China with the technical expertise available to them can create an open stack that they can manage and control. They already have several hardware manufacturers in their territory to make any hardware they may need. I honestly don't see why they would ever have been buying Apple and Microsoft products in the first place, and I'm an American.

Hardware is not the hard part of building a computer.

Re: China Said to Exclude Apple From Procurement List

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A country the size of China with the technical expertise available to them can create an open stack that they can manage and control. They already have several hardware manufacturers in their territory to make any hardware they may need. I honestly don't see why they would ever have been buying Apple and Microsoft products in the first place, and I'm an American.

Hardware is not the hard part of building a computer.

What is the hard part then? You're kidding yourself if you think it's software.

Re: China Said to Exclude Apple From Procurement List

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hardware is not the hard part of building a computer.

What is the hard part then? You're kidding yourself if you think it's software.

I do think it's software--not just coding up stuff that runs, but building a platform and ecosystem that is usable, secure, and attracts high-quality 3rd-party applications.

Re: China Said to Exclude Apple From Procurement List

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A country the size of China with the technical expertise available to them can create an open stack that they can manage and control. They already have several hardware manufacturers in their territory to make any hardware they may need. I honestly don't see why they would ever have been buying Apple and Microsoft products in the first place, and I'm an American.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Flag_Linux

They tried and failed.

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