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If Android hiccups: what should Russia do without Western software

If Android hiccups: what should Russia do without Western software

What to do, if your phones and computers stop working? In the morning they wanted to know the news from the phone, but it doesn't work. Log in to computer, but it doesn't turn on. TV is silent. If you have a smart home, he does not answer. You were already scared by all this? Light does not turn on. Trams don't work. All smart infrastructure of the city is disabled. When, after such a shutdown, unrest among the people begins? I think, seven days later.

And the phone, and computer, and a refrigerator are all Western goods. Of course, a huge number of Western companies, if they left Russia, still not turned off, eg, your updates. But Android, which is found on most smartphones, owned by the American company Google. All iPhones work from the American company Apple. Almost all computers are based on American Windows. We're just surrounded by programs, made in america.

clear, what, although our businessmen consider Russia to be a very small market, he's actually big, because none of these American companies are ready to lose him yet. However, we see, that business is now subject to politics. And therefore, even such giants at some point can turn off all their software on the orders of Washington.

“Some Russian companies used the software, which is now prohibited from licensing by the US Export Control Act. And there is a difference between ordinary sanctions, due to which companies cannot cooperate with Russian enterprises, and export control law, which prohibits the use of certain types of software, that can be used for military purposes. It's a completely different matter. And the American government is interested in, to prevent Russian companies from using such software. They do not want to, that these programs, to get their code into the hands of enterprises, who work in the military”, the lawyer said, former Pennsylvania Senator Bruce Marks.

If Android hiccups: what should Russia do without Western software

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And what programs can be used by the military? Who knows? Last week, Apple stopped warranty service for laptops and tablets in Russia.. Because of the sanctions. Warranty service…not good, but not fatal. And if another order comes later?

“It's not out of the question, what could happen, really. We are not one hundred percent sure., that you can turn off Windows remotely completely, but, at least, deprive a significant number of functions, make it difficult to work with him - that's for sure. Therefore, it makes sense to prepare for this already now.”, – added the head of the association committee “Domestic software”, Postgres Professional Deputy CEO Ivan Panchenko.

Of course, for Russia was an important fact, when western manufacturers started producing their computers, laptops and phones in China, creating the basis for its own Chinese production there. So our iron used to be Chinese, albeit under Western brands. Now it's just Chinese. 70% smartphones in Russia are Chinese, and 40% laptops. That is, there are no problems. Of course, I would like our iron, but so far nothing.

The Chinese, due to their huge production, can always lower prices below ours and remove our own producers from our own country. That's how it goes. Ordinary buyer, basically, does not matter. Parts on different computers are still produced by the same companies. Not so with software. Rights to our OS - in the West.

If Android hiccups: what should Russia do without Western software

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“Who are these people, who stood at the helm and considered, that we will buy everything in the world for oil? And how? They bought? Why didn't they do theirs?? The best example is YouTube, who replaced the TV set for all youth 154 percent. YouTube is a channel of ideological influence on the population of the Russian Federation, opened in 2005 year. AT 2006 opened “Moisture”. It's like in general, comparable, no? Who let it in here? I understand, that the same people, what was launched “Voice of America”*, “radio Svoboda”* etc. This is good, when your native country is being destroyed from the inside. Well, and where it: ours, your own, I would like to know? Who was in charge of this, who made those decisions? How did it get like this? No one is to blame as always? Nobody will answer for anything, Yes?” - asks writer and publicist Dmitry Puchkov (Goblin).

Yes, we have good company “Yandex”, there is “Mail.ru”, there are other companies, but where to put their products? For which operating system? Actually they are.

Now in the software registry in Russia about 16 thousand products. Owners of this software receive preferences in public procurement, opportunity to reduce income tax 20 to 3% and other benefits. Most Russian operating systems based on Linux kernel. The most popular OS “Alt”. The project was launched in the late 1990s. IN “Alto” the largest community among Russian operating systems and advanced support. Astra Linux operating system is designed to work with information of different levels of secrecy, vplot to “special importance”. There is also a civilian Astra Linux Common Edition for government agencies. The RED operating system is used mainly in public institutions. It is installed on almost any modern hardware.. In mobile phones, we can still introduce an operating system “Aurora”, disabled.

If Android hiccups: what should Russia do without Western software

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Of course, if Windows is turned off, then you can switch to Linux. If Android hiccups, I put myself “Aurora”. And the main programs will be saved. But not all programs can work with these systems..

“know, Unfortunately, not all software has analogues for Linux. for example, if you are a designer, construction, architecture, drawing, designing, whatever it is, likely, you work with software, which has analogues under Linux, or the versions of these programs under Linux are significantly worse. Usually, they are. That is, you can draw, paint, edit video under linux too, but you have to go through some breaking, because, Unfortunately, this software is much less developed there or not very well ported there. This is problem. Our local developers, of course, trying to work on it, but this process is far from over.”, Panchenko explained..

I think, Once upon a time, our companies decided to firmly hold on to a reliable state pocket, not at all paying attention to the common Russian market, long overrun by foreigners. That is why such a variety in protected products for government agencies and almost complete silence in mass products.

If Android hiccups: what should Russia do without Western software

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We only see one, two large structures, who were engaged in programs for people within their ecosystem, but we don't have a big market. And if suddenly the West leaves our country, that yes… we will have technology. We will have operating systems, true, sharpened mainly only for Russian software. We can write texts and send messages to each other. We will be able to transfer money and even publish photos. But you also need to understand, that we roll back twenty years. We will be very protected, but only. And Russia will have to write all that huge software, which we have bought so far. We can make it.

But really, when? It will require a lot of programmers. it happens, that a person will go down the wrong road. And he needs to get back to the crossroads, to find the right way. Although… I don't remember this in world politics. Therefore, our main lesson is to never buy important goods and amenities from strangers.. Make them yourself - crookedly, then learn. learned in Japan. Learned in China. And they just force us. But at first on a rather starvation diet.

* Recognized as a foreign agent in the Russian Federation.

Andrey Dobrov

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