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It must be Followup Friday, ’cause we have another update of sorts to a recent news post. This time around, it has to do with Microsoft opening their OS source code to governments like China. The reason is simple, especially in light of accusations of spyware.

The Chinese government doesn’t particularly trust US corporations, especially monolithic companies like Microsoft. This is why they’ve budgeted the creation of their own Linux distro and respective office suite, such that they can be sure no sensitive information is being leaked to the US.

What’s rather interesting about this turn of events is the impact it will have on the future of MS expansion - with China supporting Linux instead of Windows, MS was clearly losing a huge section of the market. Will an open-source Windows force Red Flag Linux into extinction, or will it hit MS hard when the source code is inevitably leaked out of Chinese hands? More importantly, if it’s successful, will an open-source Windows distribution be more quickly adapted by naysayers, or will the rise of alternative operating systems continue at the pace they’ve been?

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