Microsoft plans to give windows 8.1 licenses for free (or at least I undestand so)for certain devices. These are tablets under 9" and what is more interesting windows embedded and certain windows for IOT (internet of things) that is suppose to be released this spring (but I dont really understand what is it).
In best case scenario hardware like EOM68 you make will have more opportunities. But since this is Microsoft I suppose there is a catch somewhere, probably they plan to charge cloud or something else.
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/04/build-2014-a-very-diff...
On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 6:28 AM, Hrvoje Lasic lasich@gmail.com wrote:
Microsoft plans to give windows 8.1 licenses for free (or at least I undestand so)for certain devices.
the manufacturers still have a huge porting issue to contend with: imagine the nightmare of the linux kernel and u-boot porting to the wildly-disparate basically customise-from-scratch ARM world... take away the linux community and u-boot community and drop the word "Microsoft" in its place.
... that's if they actually mean "ARM or MIPS tablets under 9in". they could just be referring to "x86 tablets under 9in". with the new intel z3770 that's *just* about becoming a possibility, except that the cost is very very high because it's a vaaaast number of pins on the z37xx series with very very low dot pitch as a result.
... still interesting :)
l.
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