Lenovo was blown against government procurement pre-installed domestic operating system
According to media reports yesterday, on May 16th, a procurement center in the central government routinely asked PC suppliers for the procurement of computer products. In support of the development of domestic operating systems, the presence of 7 PC suppliers has caused great disagreements. In the ensuing vote, Lenovo, HP, Acer, and Asustek's 4 suppliers voted against the majority, and the other three suppliers voted for the support.
The Beiqing Daily reporter contacted a participant manufacturer's representative. He said that at the time the meeting put forward the proposal of 'pre-installed domestic operating system' in the agenda concerning the 'graduation standard for desktop computers', and the government procurement center was present to represent the 'vote'. , And confirmed the results twice, eventually the four manufacturers including Lenovo expressed opposition.
However, Lenovo's vote is not a 'key vote'. 'The general meeting, as long as there are five suppliers voted to vote even through. This time four voted against, I honestly did not expect. 'The representative said that' The 'vote' is not decisive. It merely counts the opinions of the suppliers present and reports them to the superior.
Domestic operating system was previously pre-installed
The person familiar with the matter said that in fact, around 2012, government-procured computers were pre-installed with domestically produced operating systems. At that time, suppliers would pre-install dual-systems; but after about two or three years, pre-installed domestic operating systems would be cancelled.
According to the data, most domestically-made operating systems are based on Linux secondary development, including depth, excellent unicorn, winning unicorn, Viclen, starting point, Meditation rock, co-creation, Sipu, Zhongke Fangde, Puhua, Zhongxing The new fulcrum, a dozen and so on.
Informed sources said that from the industrial point of view, the current domestic operating system is more and more mature, support more than 90% of the software, there is no problem with normal office, so this meeting has such a reference. At the same time, the domestic operating system The advantages are self-controllable and have unparalleled advantages in government office.
However, some representatives at the meeting also stated that even if the domestically-produced system is pre-installed, users rarely use it; in addition, technically speaking, maintenance is troublesome and the dual system also increases maintenance costs.
Lenovo claimed to be just proposing a single system solution
Liu Zheng, vice president of Lenovo Group, general manager of China's commercial business, responded to the Beijing Youth Daily reporter last night and said that the legendary law of the Internet 'is seriously inconsistent with the facts'. He explained that on the morning of the 16th, the government procurement center of the Central Government Agency organized a routine In 2018, the consultation meeting for the pre-procurement of bulk computer procurement, the meeting specifically sought the opinions of 7 suppliers using the 'two-system' Windows+ domestic operating system solution. Lenovo did not agree with the dual system proposal, but proposed ' Separately use domestic Linux system's improvement plan and form meeting opinions. Lenovo said that Lenovo has separate domestic operating system plans for desktops and laptops. The single system solution will not be interfered by other systems and has better stability. And Lenovo has always supported the development of domestic operating systems.
Lenovo emphasized that the participating suppliers only have the right to propose, they do not have 'voting rights', and they have no right to make decisions. Their recommendations will be reported to the parent unit by the central mining center. Decisions will be made after approval by the higher authorities.
Lenovo issued a statement last night, saying that 'Lenovo Group has been supporting the development of domestic operating systems in the past, now and in the future. The so-called associations on the Internet that do not support domestically produced systems are purely out of context and slanders. We express strong indignation and condemnation of this rumors. At the same time forensics and retain the right to pursue legal responsibilities. '