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Lol do that seems like a strange bet. State sponsor rarely win in those cases

Mossad would like a word with you :)

State sponsored != state run.

Yet here we are, talking to each other over the state-sponsored internet.

Thanks Al Gore!

Do not forget that Huawei is ahead with 5G. So with plenty of resources Huawei has shown to be the leader in one area and there is no reason to assume it cannot do that in other areas.

It is very impressive, but software is a very different business.

So they trigger the PRC gov to build their own OS

They've tried before. Anybody else remember Kylin and Red Flag OS?

which ended with Microsoft running to give them windows source for inspection.

redflagOS was a huge success when you see the goals and few resources invested.

Maybe we'll see a WeChat OS? :)