Wednesday, May 21, 2014
China ban Microsoft Software on all Government Computers
Windows Operating System (OS) especially The latest Windows 8 ,Got banned on all government computers in china . government plan to get rid of foreign computers system to strengthen national efforts on information security.
Procurement center announced the ban of Microsoft's newest operating system , that they need to start using energy-saving products as they website posted last week .
According to the China, Biggest Xinhua News Agency is the official press agency of the People's Republic of China pointed that data Protection is the main reasons why the
government stop using the windows 8 computers . last April the Microsoft decided to end the
support of they 12 years old operating system has greatly affected almost 50% of the office
and home users in china.
In the other side Microsoft's sales significantly affected in the country the software company post less profit than the Netherlands ,Due for the Piracy issue .
China still exists that the data security is the main reasons on doing this, When New in US national Intelligence agency tampering computer part shipped to the other countries surfaced .The ban included for the prosecution of five People's Liberation Army officials in the US court over spying charges,This has been the most serious allegations ever after years-long of blame game between the two countries regarding state-sponsored cyber attacks.
China has denied and protested the charges.
Meanwhile, a staff member at the procurement center, who refused to be identified due to the sensitivity of the matter, said the cost of installing Windows 8 on the computers has been the major factor in the government’s decision to restrict the use of Windows 8.
“Windows 8 was way too expensive to be installed in our offices. The center had been negotiating with Microsoft, but we failed to reach a consensus on price,” according to the staff member.
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