[Arm-netbook] Microsoft confirms UEFI fears, locks down ARM devices

[Philip Hands]

On Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:04:13 +0100, Vladimir Pantelic <vladoman at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 01/14/2012 06:19 PM, lkcl luke wrote:
> > On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 3:20 PM, Alain Williams<addw at phcomp.co.uk>  wrote:
> >
> >> MS have tried this before, google for the Fritz chip and palladium. It doesn't
> >> seem to have gone very far.
> >
> >   yeah but now it's a complete integrated situation: you *can't* break
> > it.  the only way to "break" this is to literally steal the private
> > key: that's the only method left to gain access and be able to sign
> > alternative bootloaders etc.
> >
> >   good one, huh?
> >
> >   l.
> >
> >   p.s. yes this could well end up in front of the monopolies and
> > mergers commission.
> 
> Having a few ARM based Windows netbooks and tablets is a monopoly?

Attempting to extend one's penetration into new markets by leveraging
existing market dominance in another is monopoly abuse, so bundling IE
for free in windows in an attempt to dominate the browser market was
quite rightly stamped on be the EU -- likewise, using one's existing
dominance of desktop OS sales to force people to not preinstall
alternatives is an abuse that it seems clear that they continue to get
away with, presumably by them suggesting that less favourable deals on
windows will be offered to people that offer their customers choice.

Are you saying that you think they'll restrain themselves from using
exactly the same tactics on manufacturers that happen to both sell PCs
and ARM based stuff?  Why would they start behaving all of a sudden?

Cheers, Phil.
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