Microsoft Bans Linux/Android Dual-Booting on Windows 8 ARM Devices
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Re: Microsoft Bans Linux/Android Dual-Booting on Windows 8 ARM Devices
#2The article is much more complex than what it would look like from the title, but it is a good idea to keep the pressure on on Microsoft so that they might "soften their position", as is stated in the article.
Re: Microsoft Bans Linux/Android Dual-Booting on Windows 8 ARM Devices
#3Along with their apparent restriction of the 'desktop' on arm, this is the reason I lost interest in windows8 on arm. So far a linux + android solution (like ubuntu have demonstrated) seems more powerful and very will also have more apps to start (way to go throw away windows' advantage #1).
It seems quite short-sighted, too, as I see ARM as being a viable laptop platform in the life of windows 8, but MS are restricting it to 'device' status.
Also, we've known this for a long time now.
Re: Microsoft Bans Linux/Android Dual-Booting on Windows 8 ARM Devices
#4Unlike on x86 where windows dominates on ARM there is a different story and linux dominates on ARM, they can lose some market share because of this policy but it seems that microsoft only cares to keep their old strategies no matter what times they live in.
Re: Microsoft Bans Linux/Android Dual-Booting on Windows 8 ARM Devices
#5It only increases the subsection of hardware I won't buy. Thanks for making my choice easy.
Re: Microsoft Bans Linux/Android Dual-Booting on Windows 8 ARM Devices
#6I assume Microsoft will want to have secure booting devices that ship with Windows, because Hollywood and other content producers require a secure OS so their DRM is safer. If they would allow non-secure boot, it might be difficult or impossible to get video and music content licensed from the major producers on the platform.
Re: Microsoft Bans Linux/Android Dual-Booting on Windows 8 ARM Devices
#7Like iOS. Why the shock headline?
Re: Microsoft Bans Linux/Android Dual-Booting on Windows 8 ARM Devices
#8I've said this before and I'll say it again: Microsoft isn't doing this to ban Ubuntu / Linux in general, but to prevent Android from spreading. With ICS being a great OS, many (tech) folks would simply dual-boot ICS on their WinRT devices.
Re: Microsoft Bans Linux/Android Dual-Booting on Windows 8 ARM Devices
#9We've yet to see any mobile device where running another OS than the bundled one have been anything but a nightmare. This is done everywhere, android manufacturers constantly try to lock users in their own android shell, not to mention apple.
These devices are not multipurpose devices, they are built for a specific purpose and tailormade for that and nothing else. It is not in any sense equivalent to desktop/laptop-computers. Which is kind of apparent considering the limitations that Windows Phone, Android and iOS amount to.
Since Microsoft have expressed that secure boot must be optional on x86 it is quite easy to justify this rationally without resorting to the popular "typical evil Microsoft tactics" argument.
Re: Microsoft Bans Linux/Android Dual-Booting on Windows 8 ARM Devices
#10From the article: "Apple has long prevented dual booting to Linux"
This is not true, I have Ubuntu on my MacBook Pro.