Microsoft walks into a bar. China screams: 'Eww is that Windows 8? GET OUT OF HERE'

Posted by tuxchick on May 20, 2014 1:39 PM EDT
The Register; By Jack Clark
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The Chinese government has banned Windows 8 from a sizeable chunk of public-sector PCs – capping off a long-running dispute with Microsoft over the company's decision to cut support for XP. The ban was announced by the government's IT procurement agency in a notice posted online on Friday. It was addressed to vendors bidding on a contract to supply the Chinese state with new energy-saving PCs, laptops, tablets and other gear.

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