China has ordered central government agencies and state-backed corporations to replace foreign-branded personal computers with domestic alternatives within two years, marking one of Beijing’s most aggressive efforts so far to eradicate key overseas technology from within its most sensitive organs.
I have wondered for decades why governments in poorer countries continue to rely on M$ instead of building their own IT infrastructure based on Linux or BSD. Kickbacks spring to mind? Perhaps this will be the impetus for change and China will add this as part of their Belt & Road initiative.
same, hopefully this brings attention to its viability.
I imagine poorer countries just don’t see the value of investing into IT in order to make Linux work, and definitely expect that China will start exporting its IT infrastructure as part of BRI.