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posted by janrinok on Tuesday September 10 2019, @01:32PM   Printer-friendly
from the can't-tell-you,-it's-secret dept.

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.


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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 10 2019, @03:33PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 10 2019, @03:33PM (#892238)

    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.

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