China Creating New Operating System That Will Compete With Microsoft, Google, and Apple

With recent concerns of U.S. surveillance and a monopoly probe of Microsoft, China has decided to create their own Operating System (OS). China hopes to make its systems more secure through this new system.

China has pushed to cut-off ties with U.S. operating systems before; in order to develop a local operating system that could be more secure with ongoing international Internet intelligence issues.

More than 10 years ago, China introduced a FreeBSD-based OS, named Kylin. In 2013, Ubuntu Kylin was also launched, an operating system that was developed to be a potential successor to Kylin.

These efforts and more have taken place during the last decade; and all point to the same conclusion…Asia plans to control its own operating system.

According to Mashable.com, this new system is being created “[in] the wake of recent revelations brought to light by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, international interest in developing more secure operating systems, created under the watchful eyes of local governments, has become an even more serious issue.”

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It is no wonder why China wants to separate from Western programs; but it might not be an easy process since there are still issues within the OS program, a lack of research funds and multiple developers that seem to going in various directions. Ni said in the report that the end of Windows XP and the government ban on the procurement of Windows 8 have opened the door to domestic OS developers.

Ni also stated, “China has more than a dozen mobile OS developers with no independent intellectual property rights because their research is based on Android. Our key success lies in an environment that can help us compete with Google, Apple, and Microsoft.”

For now it isn’t clear if this OS system will be solely for Chinese users, or if it will be offered internationally. It could take some time for China to completely remove Western OS programs from the country. Since recent reports state that about 70% of desktop users still use Windows XP.

A desktop version of the new OS will likely be ready in October, 2014. Eventually it will also be available on mobile devices.

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Source: Mashable