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SFLC: Microsoft confirms UEFI fears, locks down ARM devicesSFLC: Microsoft confirms UEFI fears, locks down ARM devicesPosted Jan 14, 2012 10:13 UTC (Sat) by andypep (subscriber, #33588)In reply to: SFLC: Microsoft confirms UEFI fears, locks down ARM devices by imgx64 Parent article: SFLC: Microsoft confirms UEFI fears, locks down ARM devices
This looks like enforcing market division to disallow ARM to compete with Intel on the enterprise desktop. The rules allow for companies to replace any pre-installed Windows with one of their own standard customised setups. But they are prevented from doing that to any ARM-based tablets, etc. that they may wish to purchase.
ARM or other OEMs that supply tablets may have an anti-competitive case against MS for this move.
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SFLC: Microsoft confirms UEFI fears, locks down ARM devices Posted Jan 16, 2012 19:57 UTC (Mon) by juliank (subscriber, #45896) [Link]
Microsoft Windows percentage in the ARM market is 0%. Microsoft has no dominating position and thus cannot be prevented from doing stuff like this. It's just a small outsider group.
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