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[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

LibreOffice, open office, WPS office, but is there a homegrown Chinese one? Or are they going with LibreOffice?

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca -4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

And ms office and all those other accounting etc programs?

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

The con was that the western companies gave over some serious IP for a decade or maybe 2 of cheap manufacturing. China was trying to industrialize for decades and essentially couldn't do it. Walk in the western companies and they gave all the knowledge, skill, everything ($$$$) for some cheap labour ($).

Western companies think 5 years is a long term plan, so they'll take whatever terms for 5 years (mayyybe 10 if they are unheard of long term planning) and after that is ????, but profit-now-is-everything-by-definition. But China is playing decades at a time, they are getting decades, close to a century of IP, for next to nothing in the big picture.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Mostly agree, the manufacturing agreements played Western companies like a fiddle in the long game. But I don't think Western companies will collapse (or Chinese companies gain dominance as you word it). We'll end up with two competing spheres, China and the west, protecting their own internal economies.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Are they replacing Microsoft Windows?

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Well they use replicators for food. I believe holodecks were explained as the same type of matter energy manipulation. So I'm not sure it would take that much.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think it's number 2. Now I can't see what the "default" presentation is (which always had 1 conspiracy theory thing).

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

Not personal recommendations, they won't show anything. It would be like loading up Lemmy/Reddit and not seeing anything until you logged in or subscribed to a community.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is that Linux only?

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

That was just the first link, I can give you more (and I'm certain studies) all day long. It's really not hard to google.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (7 children)

The data is in, standard time is healthier than daylight savings time.

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