Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Chinese Government Decides Not To Upgrade Government PCs To Windows 8

In a move that could annoy Microsoft a lot, the Chinese government has decided not to use the latest operating system from Microsoft, Windows 8, on government PCs. The official announcement says that government computers including, laptops and tablet computers should not use one of the most hyped operating systems from Microsoft. The ban was imposed by the Chinese government’s Procurement Center and the statement included measures to use more energy saving devices.

Now, it surprised many experts as Windows 8 is considered to be a highly energy efficient operating system. There was no explanation by the state run news agency on how the ban was related to energy efficiency. However, the news agency told that it was to "ensure computer security after the shutdown of Windows XP".

The new decision by the Chinese government is going to embarrass Microsoft. The Chinese market has always been a place of trouble for Microsoft. Even though China is one of the world’s largest PC markets, the company does not get much revenue from the sale of operating system licenses. This owes to the widespread piracy in the country. Majority of the computers in the country run on pirated Windows operating systems. The CEO of Microsoft during 2011, Steve Ballmer had confirmed this earlier. He told that the firm gets more revenue from Netherlands than it got from China.

Microsoft ended the support for Windows XP this April. The company was hoping for big sales of its newer operating systems like Windows 8 after the end of support date. However, things were not going good for the software giant, as fewer people were interested in making an upgrade to this operating system.

China has been one of the biggest users of Windows XP operating systems. According to the reports form Netmarketshare, about 37 percent of PCs in China still run on Windows XP. Keep in mind that the overall average of Windows XP PCs around the world is only around 20 percent.

We are not yet clear about the Chinese government’s plans on the operating systems. One thing is clear; the government cannot run an operating system that no longer receives security updates on their PCs. It is also possible that the government will consider working with the local developers to provide support for Windows XP.

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