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Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
When Microsoft asked US lawmakers to explain the threat [from Huawei], they've been too vague for Smith's liking. Huawei is a major customer of his company: Its laptops come with Microsoft's Windows operating system.
"Oftentimes, what we get in response is, 'Well, if you knew what we knew, you would agree with us'," Smith told Bloomberg. "And our answer is, 'Great, show us what you know so we can decide for ourselves. That's the way this country works.' "
[...] Smith, who's also Microsoft's chief legal officer, said his company argued that the department should limit its ban to sales that pose national security risks, such as universities with Chinese military links -- an approach he compared to a "scalpel" rather than its current "meat cleaver" method.
Neither Huawei nor the White House immediately responded to requests for comment.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 10 2019, @01:55PM (1 child)
Huawei's new operating system is not about "better than Windows" or "better than Android, superior or inferior technical skills of engineers. It is all about sovereignty. Nor Microsoft nor Google care about anyone's sovereignty, but they both pretty understand they will loose a market share, sooner or later. The planet is not growing an infinite market. The first batch of 300k Huawei tablets with Russian operating systems for Russia is just the beginning...
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 10 2019, @03:33PM
Harmony is obviously a hedge for Huawei to avoid being caught off guard and crippled. But it can be more.
Harmony doesn't have the baggage Android has. Google has repeatedly tried to get more control over Android devices and give them more reliable updates, but fragmentation has remained a problem. Harmony is a clean slate. They can pick and choose ideas from Linux, Android, Fuchsia, etc. It will be compatible with Android apps to ease adoption. China's telecoms can encourage or force people to use it.