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Crunchy(Cracked)Butter:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/27329.html

As the People's Daily puts it:

"The Shuguang Co. says, the brought-out of the 'Soaring Dragon' Sever has not only turned over a leaf in Chinese history that there was 'no chip' in China's server trade but also strengthened greatly the national defence, national security and actual strength in many sectors of crucial importance. It has made China's computer industry to follow its own and independent track of development."

In addition, as we've been discussing over the summer, a Chinese or Indian PC could provide Net Stuckists - DRM-refuseniks - with the continuation of an open hardware. Neither Microsoft nor Intel appears to regard that as a priority, right now.


If push came to shove, i would buy this technology along with their version of linux if they don't go the same route with this TCPA

Incidently check out the other links, they are worth reading, the ones about being a "stuckist".

[ September 30, 2002: Message edited by: Crunchy(Cracked)Butter ]

lazygamer:
Ok there is one problem here. China may be paving the way to be independant of MS, that's cool and all but im still very disturbed about their communism aspect.  They would probably do TCPA/Palladium like stuff to their version of Linux or their hardware to help enforce their communist ability. Haven't they already started trying to control internet data going in and out of their country?

I hate China and it's shitty excuse for a governement, i'd rather be a McCarthyist zombie and live in a half-assed democracy(US), then be a "follower of Communism", particualary Chinese Communism. Remember Tianaman square? That was not 30 years ago, that was like 11(approx) years ago. I guess im starting to fall into my old habits again of being anti-communist, but it is always better to live in a half assed democracy then a communism. Sounds like im falling into my old habits again of thinking America's previous anti-communism crusade was good, instead of thinking the US is the badguys(which I was converted to), im starting to think they are the badguys who do a some good through their bad. Sigh...
(a little off-topic rant today)

Crunchy(Cracked)Butter:
Do not focus all our attention on china here, do not forget india as well.  

Incidentally china hasn't "just" started to control the internet, they have ALWAYS controled the internet.  The government has access to all the backbones that leave the country, they can turn off the internet entering their country at the flick of a switch.

Also since TCPA is only benefitting the media i don't think china should be an issue on this because they already control the media!

HPC GUY:
from what i read about the dragon processor, its supposed to be about as powerful as a 486?
umm...id call that abit of a step back.

Crunchy(Cracked)Butter:
But... its a step forward for them?  I'm sure with their rate of development they could get something newer out.  It does say they will have P3 type processors by next year.

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