Can Huawei Break the Mac-Windows Duopoly?

In the latest sign that US attempts to choke Huawei Technologies Co. are only strengthening it, the Chinese tech giant will next week release its first line of personal computers powered by the homegrown HarmonyOS operating system.

The move to challenge the global duopoly overseen by Microsoft Corp.’s Windows and Apple Inc.’s MacOS was not by choice. Huawei’s license to run Windows on PCs expired in March, and America’s blacklisting makes it difficult for US firms to continue to do business with it. Instead of succumbing to Washington’s squeeze, Huawei has invested heavily in the nearly impossible task of creating an entirely new software ecosystem from scratch.