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Microsoft Windows in Chinese Desktops/Laptops Down to 80% (Hence Microsoft Started Blocking GNU/Linux From Even Booting, as China's Lenovo Demonstrates)

Background: Windows Has Had a Very Tough Year (That's Why Microsoft Starts to Block GNU/Linux With 'Secure' Boot) | Antitrust Action Against Microsoft is Well Overdue | Microsoft's Crimes Against the Competition, Notably BSD and GNU/Linux, Persist Albeit Disguised as 'Security' (UEFI 'Secure' Boot, TPM, Pluton...)

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Windows loses its grip on the biggest market; the reasons for migrating away from Microsoft are both control and security; furthermore, all countries can realise those benefits by ditching Microsoft



Summary: China's official policy is that it'll migrate away from Windows; so far this year the effect can be seen and Microsoft seems to have responded by technical sabotage

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