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Microsoft chairman Bill Gates stands in New York's Times Square to promote the new Windows XP operating system, in this Oct 25, 2001 file photo.[Photo/dfic.cn] |
All desktops, laptops and tablet PCs to be purchased by state organs must be installed with operating systems other than Windows 8, according to an online statement by the Central Government Procurement Center.
The measure only targets computers used by government offices, while the personal computer market is expected to stay unaffected.