Huawei's Android-free PC alternative for Windows will reportedly ship later this year with a macOS-inspired design

[Windows Central]

Huawei might get back to developing its own operating system — HarmonyOS Next for PC to compete with Windows later this year.

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[GraniteStateColin]

People outside China should not use an operating system from China. This is a national security risk. Just as long-standing exploits are found years later in Windows, Linux, and even Cisco hardware, holes and exploits that are known to the Chinese government can be buried in any of the Chinese equipment or software without being found by researchers in other countries.

China can, and we should assume will, use these to gather information on people in other countries, use them to deliver malware to other systems on the network, or have it as a trigger where they can crush the communication infrastructure in other countries in the event of a conflict. Hopefully, none of these will ever matter or happen, but because of the risk, unless you live in China, you should avoid Chinese tech devices and software, especially if you live in a country known to have a potentially adversarial relationship with China, like the U.S., Taiwan, India, and other such countries.

 

[fjtorres5591]

This is most likely a domestic use only product.
Rather lije Red Star Linux.
Given how much they are cooying Apple, they'd better not distribute to any country with Trade Dress IP laws. Apple will sue them out of that market.

 

[GraniteStateColin]

This is most likely a domestic use only product.
Rather lije Red Star Linux.
Given how much they are cooying Apple, they'd better not distribute to any country with Trade Dress IP laws. Apple will sue them out of that market.

Good point. Probably not being developed to compete abroad, but to get Chinese customers and users out of paying license fees to American (or any non-Chinese) companies.

 

[fjtorres5591]

Good point. Probably not being developed to compete abroad, but to get Chinese customers and users out of paying license fees to American (or any non-Chinese) companies.

...plus Keeping the company afloat without western tech.

You can't serve two masters, your government and the paying customers simultaneously. Note how both MS and Apple regularly butt heads with overreaching governent aparatchicks in the US and other countries. Their primary focus is serving their customers as best they can. They accomodate the bureaucrats but only up to a point.

Huawei serves the CCP, first and formost, customers be da**ed.
(Keeps them.out of jail, don'cha know? )
That works in China but not in the major tech markets.