Michael Hayden, former NSA chief, also said zero-sum games in the computing industry would only hurt the US (because Intel&#x2F;etc gets to make less money and therefore less money for research and investments):<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&#x2F;opinions&#x2F;dont-let-america-be-boxed-in-by-its-own-computers&#x2F;2015&#x2F;04&#x2F;02&#x2F;30742192-cc04-11e4-8a46-b1dc9be5a8ff_story.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&#x2F;opinions&#x2F;dont-let-america-be-...</a><p>I am actually glad this is happening, as I think competition is great. For the same reason, I hope China eventually sees some success in displacing Windows with Linux, as it could only help Linux&#x27;s popularity and ecosystem of apps if there&#x27;s a much bigger Linux installed base, even if I would personally never want to use a Chinese chip or a Chinese app.