Патчи - да, подтвердилось. Вот фрагемт исходного текста на Reuters (нужное выделено):
Other governments in the region are also looking to use more open-source software. China, Japan and South Korea this year agreed to jointly develop applications running on Linux.
The Chinese government, in particular, sees its reliance on Microsoft as a potential threat. Conspiracy buffs believe certain patches in the Windows code might give US authorities the power to access Chinese networks and disable them, possibly during a war over Taiwan.
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Патчи - да, подтвердилось.
Вот фрагемт исходного текста на Reuters (нужное выделено):
Other governments in the region are also looking to use more open-source software. China, Japan and South Korea this year agreed to jointly develop applications running on Linux.
The Chinese government, in particular, sees its reliance on Microsoft as a potential threat. Conspiracy buffs believe certain patches in the Windows code might give US authorities the power to access Chinese networks and disable them, possibly during a war over Taiwan.
http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39126004,00.htm - это воспроизведение исходного информата от Reutes. Сам он удален, к сожалению (в других источниках ссылки на него ведут на ошибку).