[Am-info] Rumor: China may blacklist Win2k

[Case Roole]

On Thu, 06 Jan 2000, Eric M. Bennett wrote:
> Interesting rumor from C|Net called "Report: Windows 2000 banned by 
> Chinese government".  No hard facts to back it up however.
> 
> 
> http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-1515595.html?tag=st.ne.1002.thed. 
> 1003-200-1515595

Makes good sense given the US government's intention to develop cyber warfare
capacity. Given present encryption regulation it is quite likely that the US
government will demand hooks in operating systems to get a headstart in such
warfare. Hardly something the chinese can ignore.

-cjr