A first look at the Chinese operating system the government wants to replace Windows

ronjor · Sep 24, 2015

Josh Horwitz and Zheping Huang contributed reporting.

Microsoft Windows is the dominant operating system in China, but the government is trying to encourage homegrown replacements. The most popular one is called NeoKylin. We gave it a whirl to see how the hottest China-made OS looks and feels.
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http://qz.com/505383/a-first-look-a...stem-the-government-wants-to-replace-windows/

wshrugged · Sep 24, 2015

....The other major caveat here is that it is standard practice in China, like in many countries, for a local PC seller to load up a new purchase with whatever pirated software the buyer asks for. So a Dell PC coming pre-loaded with NeoKylin does not directly translate to an actual NeoKylin user. The OS might just be replaced with a pirated version of Windows downstream....
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http://qz.com/505383/a-first-look-a...stem-the-government-wants-to-replace-windows/

As far as I know MSFT is still in partnership with the 'developer' of the 'Chinese operating system', China Standard Software Co.

....Microsoft Corp. /quotes/zigman/20493/composite MSFT -0.46% said Tuesday it signed a pact with Linux operating-system provider China Standard Software Co. to jointly develop, market and sell products and services in China's cloud-computing market....
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https://secure.marketwatch.com/story/microsoft-inks-pact-with-china-standard-software-2011-08-23

Then there's today's news about several new 'partnerships' :

Microsoft Corp. unveiled new partnerships with politically connected Chinese companies in an effort to open doors to more sensitive and official business in the vast China technology market.
The deals--which include a tie-up with a state-owned Chinese military-technology consortium--were disclosed on Wednesday, the same day Microsoft Chief Executive Satya Nadella joined other U.S. business leaders in meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Seattle. They come as Microsoft seeks to make inroads into the world's second-largest economy, a market that has been challenging for the company amid cybersecurity and antitrust challenges....
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https://www.gfmag.com/topics/syndicate/35497249-microsoft-forms-new-partnerships-in-china

What a pretzel, lol.

Amanda · Sep 24, 2015

So they're making an OS that looks like Windows XP? Who's the "mind" behind this?

Kerodo · Sep 24, 2015

I was under the impression that they were working with the Ubuntu people, and that this is possibly based on some Ubuntu core(?)

Daveski17 · Sep 24, 2015

Kerodo said: ↑

I was under the impression that they were working with the Ubuntu people, and that this is possibly based on some Ubuntu core(?)
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I'm pretty sure you're right.

http://www.ubuntukylin.com/

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