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

[Vladimir Pantelic]

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?