China Bans iPad, MacBook Pro, Other Apple Products For Government Use 115
MojoKid (1002251) writes "China seems to be on a mission to isolate itself from the world, at least in terms of technology. After banning Windows 8 on government PCs and raiding several of Microsoft's offices in China as part of an anti-trust investigation, Chinese officials have now prohibited purchase of several Apple products for government use. The list of banned Apple products include the iPad, iPad Mini, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and half a dozen other items, all of which were left off of a final government procurement list distributed in July. This is a potentially big hit to Apple, which generated around 16 percent of its $37.4 billion in revenue last quarter from China. Apple saw its iPad sales jump 51 percent and Mac sales boosted 39 percent in China."
Re:Ripe for Linux in china...or new ChinaOS (Score:0, Funny)
You mean the Chinese will start pirating Linux next?
The only way to get them to use Linux is to tell them it costs something.
Re:Ripe for Linux in china...or new ChinaOS (Score:3, Funny)
You mean the Chinese will start pirating Linux next?
The only way to get them to use Linux is to tell them it costs something.
Illegally connect and use RedHat repos?
Re: Seriously can you blame them (Score:3, Funny)
If you're going to troll can you at least try? The point is to piss people off, not make them feel sorry for you.
Re:Seriously can you blame them (Score:3, Funny)
The US should respond instantly by banning the purchase of Huawei hardware for use in government installations. That will teach them a lesson they won't forget fast!