Even before Microsoft, there was the idea of having a homegrown PC platform, and over the years there have been a number of attempts at this. |
IBM and HP came in much earlier (to China), so they learned the techniques of how to deal with government officials and the press. |
In the U.S., there are a lot of things they can do if they feel they're being picked on, but in China there's not a lot they can do. |