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China is calling on banks to stop using IBM servers and replace them with local-made machines amid fears that the nation’s financial security might be compromised via the US-based company’s servers, a Bloomberg report has revealed.
The new request comes amid an intensified spy scandal between China and the US.
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China announced last week that it would be investigating providers of important IT products and services following the row.
The country’s foreign ministry announced that it is suspending activities of the Sino-US internet working group. Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system was banned from government computers last week.
China may look at the open source Linux as a replacement for Windows, following an official ban on Microsoft's Windows 8 for government procured computers.
Chinese Government news agency Xinhua published an article claiming Chinese vendors are using a ban on Windows 8 to push Linux-based OS variants.
According the the reports, Chinese developers may receive "preferential policy" treatment and official support for developing Linux-based operating systems.
The Linux distributions and other locally developed programs are often "are created in accordance with Chinese people's habits" and as such "beat foreign rivals", the official news agency recorded.
originally posted by: Elton
a reply to: FarleyWayne
The people who write banking software in China can presumably target a different operating system.
originally posted by: Elton
a reply to: FarleyWayne
I don't think they will make any major changes any time soon. But if they really really want to do it, I bet that they can.
China’s Moon rover Yutu, or ‘Jade Rabbit’, has stopped hopping. But its ears are still twitching — and communicating with Earth.
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Much of the purpose of having a rover is lost, though, if Yutu can no longer gather data from different areas.
originally posted by: Maxatoria
all they need to do is run hercules on a linux box and you can run mainframe code pretty much as if its still on the original iron assuming they can get the licenses for the z series boxes to transfer (but you can just change the law to allow it since you are the law)
but really its just a bit of diplomatic willy waving as the banks won't want to change and any change would take years to sort out with all the testing/verification required so by then they'll of forgotten about it and everything will carry on