Want China
Times, Staff Reporter 2014-06-07
Microsoft has issued a statement intended to ease concerns over the security of its Windows 8 platform after China banned the operating system from all government computers.
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| Windows 8 was slapped with an official ban on May 16. (internet photo) |
Microsoft has issued a statement intended to ease concerns over the security of its Windows 8 platform after China banned the operating system from all government computers.
The US
software giant said it has never assisted any government to attack any other
government or client. It has never provided the US government with information
or data concerning another client due to reasons of national security;
furthermore, it has always been transparent about governments' requirements of
clients' information, reports Chinese-language financial news website Caijing.
China's
Central Government Procurement Center on May 16 announced that desktops,
laptops and tablet computers acquired for government offices are banned from
using Windows 8 as their operating system.
An official
from the center said Windows 8 is not suitable for government computers as it
is not only unwieldy but also expensive.
It is
believed, however, that the ban on Windows 8 stems from Beijing's concerns of
security and that the OneDrive function of Windows 8 may lead to the leak of
confidential documents. In addition, Microsoft's high level of control over
Windows 8 has the Chinese government worried in the event of unforeseeable and
uncontrollable problems.
It has also
been common in China for successful overseas tech companies to come under fire
in order for the government to encourage domestic competitors, which may be another
factor in the ban.
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