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. You (or any of a thousand others) encounter minor issues and seek help online. Bugs are discovered, are fixed, which in turn benefits the ChiComs.

So reporting on bugs in an operating system that get fixed is how I benefit the Chinese? How the hell is this different than if I reported on a problem with Windows that got fixed? Is your argument that Windows is superior because Microsoft does not listen to consumer bug reports? Windows is superior because Microsoft keeps their operating system unstable and insecure, while Linux is a danger to national security because its maintainers keep it stable and work to eliminate bugs?

That argument is so stupid that I can't tell if you're being silly or if you are really so dumb as think it valid. Really, I don't think that I could come up with a more asinine argument against Linux if I tried, and I've come up with some pretty stupid ideas.

So reporting on bugs in an operating system that get fixed is how I benefit the Chinese? How the hell is this different than if I reported on a problem with Windows that got fixed? Is your argument that Windows is superior because Microsoft does not listen to consumer bug reports? Windows is superior because Microsoft keeps their operating system unstable and insecure, while Linux is a danger to national security because its maintainers keep it stable and work to eliminate bugs?

Maybe you didn't hear me. I don't support MS in this, either. As far as I'm concerned, trying to open commercial markets in China is like paying tribute to gangsters. But at least Microsoft is charging its customers in China for its products; unlike Linux developers, who are giving away Linux FOR FREE and, thus, enabling the ChiComs to spend more of their resources on their military, prisons, and police rather than computing infrastructure.