Microsoft invites Chinese software vendors to sell on its marketplace and through its partners

Would you adopt software from a Chinese vendor? We ask because Microsoft has started helping Middle Kingdom developers to sell through its online marketplaces and channel. Microsoft’s efforts started on January 6th when, per a notice in its news feed for partners, it started to offer “Expanded global marketplace opportunities …

[Pascal Monett]

Rowing against the current

It is interesting to see Redmond making such an effort at this point in time.

Does the Board really think that enlarging commercial activity with China now is a must ?

Because, from where I'm sitting, it seems to me that The West (TM) is increasingly going to war with Eastasia.

Something does not compute . . .

[nematoad]

Re: Rowing against the current

I for one am happy to see companies tilt towards business and away from war.

Ah, that depends on the definition of "war".

War is not just soldiers, airmen and sailors trying to kill each other. There is a different kind. Asymmetric warfare. Just look at all the undersea cables and pipelines that have been damaged lately. Many of which are alleged to be the result of Chinese and Russian ships dragging their anchors across said assets.

During the Second World War the British had a department called the Ministry of Economic Warfare.

It may well be that the Chinese have something similar that we don't know about.

[Khaptain]

Hostage takers

It now appears as though that the GAFAs have only one objective. To take you hostage and make you pay for your freedom.

To put a Cherry on the cake we now invite another nation to come along to the party and try their luck too.

Between the increasing costs of subscriptions, the fear of crypto lockers etc the future is not looking bright for many of us.

The year of the Linux desktop needs to arrive quicker and people need to stop with Social Media, we need serious alternative search engines that don't use Google in the background, and AI needs to be severely throttled. Too much power and wealth is going into the wrong hands. It feels more and more like being governed by the Mafia every day.

[Tubz]

Does the Chinese software call home via Microsoft telemetry servers so they all share the data?

[cookiecutter]

Purchasing & CEOs are idiots

The problem will be that as soon as a Chinese piece of software claims to do the same as a Western piece of software, the idiots that are my constant nemisis...corporate purchasing & idiot CEOs will just parrot the

"well it ticks all the boxes & does the same thing for 1/2 the price "

Look forward to more ransomware attacks & outages.

That $10 TRILLION hacking industry is going to double in value.

The fact that Microshit are allowing companies from an actual global enemy sell to its customers just shows the amount of ring kissing that tech firms are now doing to trump

[mikeinaustin]

Re: Purchasing & CEOs are idiots

Private equity and activist investors but up billions to have a seat on the board (or force themselves onto the board), and influence direction of companies. A Private Equity firm can hold <5% with having to file Schedule 13D.

Chinese and Indian Investors targeted Walmart by having stock and bond holdings and demanding that Walmart purchase their goods from China and India and others. They also pressure them to buy consulting services from companies like Infosys, request H1-B Visa increases etc.

Walmart isn’t US workforce ideological, rather just pro-profit so this wasn’t considered a terrible idea to them.

Microsoft isn’t owned by Americans or “Bill Gates”. It’s largely owned by multiple private equity holders that can hide in the shadows, and can be manipulated by Chinese State Interests.

Blackrock being one of the largest. But the number of smaller (<4%) PE Companies is significant.

This is due to activist private equity firms that want access.

[Wang Cores]

Re: Purchasing & CEOs are idiots

Where can I learn more about this because this *feels* right but I don't think it *is* right. Where are you getting your info?