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Originally Posted by GlenBarrington
Now a Dual boot with Unbutu would be Very Very cool! Canonical seems to have finally figured out how to monetize Linux, what with the Unbutu Phone OS, the Steam game site offering a Linux site (aimed at Unbutu and derivatives), and the recent agreement with the Chinese to develop a "National OS", presumably to partly address the special lingusitic issues Chinese presents, and, (I suspect the real reason) to make sure there is the kind of seamless integration between Unbutu Linux and Unbutu Phone OS, that Google enjoys with Android and Chrome. I've heard the Chinese Telecoms were very interested in Unbutu Phone OS.
So, one device that could cover both Chrome OS and Unbutu OS (will we even call it Linux in a couple of years?) would be quite a product.
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"Linguistic issues" for Chinese are covered well enough with any OS except WebOS. Now, a special Ubuntu OS just for China is, of course, ideal for the total control that it will allow the Chinese government. Everything users do on their devices will be recorded and analyzed for keywords by computers (just like they do already for SMS, IM, chats, phone calls). And if you write something like "Tibet" your writings will be subjected to personal attention. (will work for Chrome as well, of course. And don't mention encryption and VPN --- they are actively blocking these and sometimes just cut your connection off until you stop using them).
And they want something different for the local market so that they can nurse local phone and telecom equipment makers in general and put pressure on foreign companies to buy their technology (in order to be able to sell in the local market).
It is a dream-come-true for them. They already did this with 3G standards, the special standard (incompatible with international phones) has helped make Huawei what it is today.