China To Launch Its Own OS, Defying NSA Spying

The Chinese government has made it official: it is launching a computer operating system to replace the likes of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows, a move that was first indicated in a May ValueWalk report. China to launch computer operating system by October Reuters is reporting that China’s state-run media, People’s Post and Telecommunications News, an official trade paper run by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), is reporting the official development. “We hope to launch a Chinese-made desktop operating system by October supporting app stores,” Ni Guangnan, who heads an official Chinese operating system development alliance, was quoted…