The Windows 8 ban only involves 30 computers, but it represents an attitude
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Recently, a statement in the “Notice on Supplementary Bidding for Mandatory Energy-Saving Products Supplied under Information Agreements” issued by the Central Government Procurement Center for State Organs, “All computer products are not allowed to install Windows 8 operating system”, has triggered public opinion that China’s government procurement will ban Windows 8 operating system, and even triggered a collective surge in related stocks in the A-share market. The reporter of “Daily Economic News” found that the number of computers involved in the notice was only 30. However, the reporter found in the interview that since March 14 this year, the scheme of using domestic computer operating system in the procurement of portable computers for central government agencies will be given 2 points in the bidding. The Win8 ban involves the procurement of 30 computers The source of the information that has previously caused widespread speculation in the public opinion is a notice entitled “Notice on Supplementary Bidding for Mandatory Energy-Saving Products Supplied under Information Agreements” (hereinafter referred to as “Notice”) issued by the Central Government Procurement Network on its official website on May 16, and the notice was issued by the Central Government Procurement Center for State Organs for State Organs. Article 5 of the notice clearly stipulates: “All computer products are not allowed to install Windows 8 operating system”. It is this sentence that has triggered media speculation that the central government will stop purchasing Windows 8 operating system in the procurement list. The reason for stopping the purchase of Windows 8 was not explained in the notice, but the person in charge of IT procurement at the Central Government Procurement Center told the relevant media that the main reason was that it was expensive and occupied a lot of resources. The current batch centralized procurement and contract supply computers mainly use Win7 as the operating system. As for whether it involves security issues, the person in charge said "it is inconvenient to answer". As a result, some media speculated that the central government procurement would stop purchasing the Windows 8 operating system, and some media estimated that "this will have a significant impact on Microsoft's revenue in the Chinese market. According to current public information, Microsoft may lose tens of billions of yuan as a result". Stimulated by this news, A-share information security concept stocks rose accordingly, such as China Software, Beixinyuan, Green Alliance Technology, and Blue Shield Co., Ltd., all of which were hyped up. However, the reporter of "Daily Economic News" found that the sentence "all computer products are not allowed to install Windows 8 operating system" in the above notice was misinterpreted. The reporter found that Article 1 of the "Notice" clearly defined: the bidding items include 7 items such as portable computers, tablet computers, desktop computers, all-in-one computers, laser printers, flat-push printers, and drum printers. The number of products reported for each brand is shown in the attachment. In the "items" near the back of the notice, the purchaser lists the items and quantity restrictions for this supplementary bidding, among which computers only include "10 portable computers, 5 tablet computers, 10 desktop computers, and 5 all-in-one computers." In other words, the number of computers corresponding to this notice is only 30. During the interview, a business person involved in central government procurement explained to the reporter that the notice is just an administrative notice, not an administrative regulation, and the corresponding list of purchased products only refers to the products involved in the notice, rather than affecting all government procurement, but public opinion has expanded the effective scope of this notice to the entire government procurement work. In addition, the notice does not specifically restrict other Microsoft products. Domestic operating system bidding adds 2 points. The reporter of "Daily Economic News" found in the investigation that behind this notice, it does mean that the attitude of government procurement towards domestic software is quietly changing. The reporter found that although the "Notice" was announced on the official website of the central government procurement on May 16, the policy had been implemented as early as January 2014. From January 3 to January 6, 2014, the Central Government Procurement Center issued a series of change notices. All four projects involving PCs that had previously issued tender notices were changed, requiring that "all descriptions of the Windows 8 operating system in all procurement documents, technical requirements or scoring criteria for this tender be changed to Windows operating system (except Windows 8 series)". Since then, all central procurement projects involving personal PCs have been marked with "except Windows 8 series". In this regard, Liu Jiepeng, deputy general manager of the marketing department of Tsinghua Tongfang Computer, told the reporter of the "Daily Economic News" that the "Prism Gate" incident that broke out a year ago has made the issue of national information security a focus of attention. At present, the security of information systems and equipment in domestic government departments and key industries such as electricity and finance has been questioned, and the call for the localization of the information industry is growing. According to Liu Jiepeng, judging from the procurement policies of first-tier governments in recent months, the government has given a new direction. In addition, the reporter of Daily Economic News obtained a government procurement bidding scoring rule numbered GC-HG140035 and named "Central State Organs 2014 Portable Computer Bulk Centralized Procurement Project-Phase II" from a company in the industry. The first part of the business section of the rule, Article 2, Policy Function, clearly stipulates that "two points will be added if the bidding product is installed with a domestic brand Linux operating system (including dual systems), otherwise no points will be added." The government procurement bidding announcement was released on March 14. Liu Jiepeng revealed that in the past, the government only required the use of Microsoft's genuine operating system in software procurement, but now it intends to encourage the use of domestic operating systems. However, the bidders all use dual systems for customers to choose, because a single domestic operating system has not become a major trend and is still in the cultivation stage. The change in the direction of the country's government procurement policy points directly to one reason, namely the issue of national information security. Recalling that in February this year, the central government established a leading group for cybersecurity and informatization, with President Xi Jinping as the group leader, and he proposed at the first meeting of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Leading Group that "there is no national security without cybersecurity." It is understood that the cybersecurity review system stipulates that important information technology products entering the Chinese market and their providers shall be subject to cybersecurity review, aiming to prevent product providers from illegally controlling, interfering with, or interrupting user systems, or illegally collecting, storing, processing, and using user information by taking advantage of the convenience of providing products. Various signs indicate that China's information security has risen to a national strategic level. In the future, the country will gradually strengthen its attention to information security, and it is expected that the implementation of policies will further increase support for domestic software. As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity. |
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