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a little trolling is well received, but still
Why would they choose a product owned by a German non-profit over a product owned by a Chinese company?
One is libre software by a non-profit, another is a horrible ad ridden piece of shit whose only merit is that a Chinese capitalist asshole is behind it instead of an American capitalist asshole
A Chinese capitalist asshole is a capitalist asshole that can be controlled. A German non-profit is an actor that's totally out of control.
A piece of free software that's developed by an organization under control of a socialist state would be better, yes. But with what is already there, I'm not surprised what was the lesser evil from perspective of CPC.
"Control"? It's free software the CPC could make their own endorsed fork and just roll with it
Multiple Chinese companies make their own Linux distro for national consumption, there is even precedent for this
Yeah, probably the consultants on IT for the CPC are outdated if there are any. WPS is just the norm there so i can understand why they went for that, the owner likely is part of the CPC too so there is that nuance too.
Sudo if they used LibreOffice this then they would just be mocked for not using something made in China it would send a different message than what is intended. It's symbolic, saying China does not need western devs
Yes, it would be cool if CPC made their own fork of LibreOffice and endorsed it instead if WPC.
But they don't atm and endorsing LibreOffice risks endorsing a hostile actor that could use it against PRC.
Also, about Linux distros, Huawei recently made their own independent OS with their own kernel.
i have experience with wps, and usually locks documents,and you have to jump a lot of hoops to open a document with that format or making a freaking pdf or download the document in your pc from the nefarious online interface, the chinese have to make something like libreoffice, not another word
Well I sure hope they have an open source software scene in China then 🐋 or all hope is lost
Yeah, definitely a missed opportunity there.