This doesn't really make sense in this case.
Facebook & Google have chinese alternatives. The alternative to Windows 8 is presumably some older Windows.
Facebook & Google have chinese alternatives. The alternative to Windows 8 is presumably some older Windows.
> The alternative to Windows 8 is presumably some older Windows.
The alternative to Windows 8 is, for now, some older version of Windows XP. But as other commenters have pointed out, the CCP is pushing for a Linux-based alternative to Windows. There was an internal CCP document floating around on the Internet last year discussing the Chinese government's worries about not having a domestic OS for desktop and mobile. It'll be a tough transition to make, but compared to forced urbanization it's a walk in the park.
To some degree I agree about this assertion, but you made some factual mistakes:
* The C2C (copy to China) relationship is Twitter -> Weibo, Facebook -> Renren and Google -> Baidu.
* QQ is an IM and the western equivalents MSN, Skype etc. were never banned in China. Also, QQ gained its popularity quite some before the GFW. I believe this is the most legitimate story where a Chinese product wins not due to GFW. Another such story is eBay vs. Taobao.
However, Robin Li (founder of Baidu) seems to have begun his research on search engines earlier than Google founders. Therefore in some sense Baidu is older than Google, but that's not the most obvious sense :)
This does show that Baidu is not a C2C (Copy to China) product though. I'm happy to learn that.