Russia could follow the path of China and replace Windows as the operating system used in its military structure

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The Huawei affair continues to give rise to talk and surely the flood of news will continue to emerge little by little over the coming weeks. With some unforeseeable consequences, since we still don&39;t know how everything will end, we are left with news that is coming to light."

Following Trump's veto, it was to be expected that China would retaliate against the policy of the US administration. The creation of a blacklist is now followed by another move by which the Chinese military would have stopped using Windows as an operating system.

National security

Apparently, far from benefiting American companies, the move by the Trump administration will be putting many more American companies in trouble beyond the ban on Huawei. And it is that apart from the companies that benefit from the agreements with Huawei, this policy also affects third-party companies

As reported on ZDNet, in an expected and logical move, the Asian country has opted to adopt a policy similar to that initiated by the US governmentIt is about carrying out protectionist work against the competition that has arisen from companies from the country of stars and stripes.

In this sense, the Chinese government would have decided to put aside the use of Windows on computers used in its army Microsoft would stop to count as the company that provides its software as an operating system, since China would choose to use its own development.

Instead of Windows, this internal development would seek to free all equipment used in the Chinese army, from the ties to Windowsand that even by the way you will gain privacy and security.

Russia follows China's footsteps

A movement that would also have been joined by Russia, since the country under the command of Vladimir Putin, also would have decided to stop using Windowsas an operating system on the computers used in his army. The difference is that in this case, the substitute for Windows would not be a self-development as the Chinese government would have decided. In this case, Astra Linux, an exclusive distribution of the open source operating system, would be used.

What is certain is that more than ever we are going to hear about a term like national security in the coming weeks , the reason that the affected countries are using to position themselves in a certain type of policy.

Source | ZDNet