China Government bans use of Windows 8

It seems to be a move of pure defiance and a commitment to security holes if this is true. Windows XP as you may have heard has reached its EOS (End of Support) date. Yet many users here and abroad continue to use it, many systems either cannot handle the upgrade or those machines are typically not networked frequently enough, but still endure bugs.

Days after the Justice Department issued it's accusation of China's cybercrime activities, China responds with a foolhardy declaration to ban use of the Windows 8 OS and continue using unlicensed versions of Windows XP.

Ni Guangnan of the Chinese Academy of Engineering claimed that Windows 8 used an “unsafe” technical structure, arguing that its internal antivirus program scanned users’ computers regularly. “If they want to monitor us, Win 8 is the most suitable system,” he was quoted as saying.

One could surmise the typical motis operandi that China would simply bootleg Windows 8 at every opportunity and that is still very likely. They may also simply state it is an issue of preference, which is typical in every new OS rollout. The rhetoric remains belligerent between the two superpowers over the domain of intellectual property and cyber spying.