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China bans Windows 8 from all govt computers. Any other OS will do

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May 20, 2014

In a move that it said is designed to ‘ensure computer security’ the Chinese government has banned Windows 8 from being installed on all government desktop, notebook and tablet computers. And as far as the Chinese government is concerned, any other OS will do. That, people, is a serious blow to Windows (8) in China.

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