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On Fri, 2012-08-10 at 02:05 -0700, John Wallace wrote:
> > They're locking down ARM systems to prevent people buying cheap 
> > Windows ones and installing Linux on them, that's what I'm thinking.

> Given that apps for these boxes will only be available through the app
> store, I'm guessing the boxes will be sold cheap (subsidised?) and
> apps in the app store will be overpriced to make up the difference.
> Letting people install Linux (or, heaven forbid, the Android they've
> seen on their phones and tablets) destroys the profit for MS in that
> market.

Indeed. Which leads me to the next:

> There's also an undercurrent of something going on between MS and the
> x86-dependent outfits wrt the business desktop and laptop market.
> Allegedly the Windows on ARM OS won't authenticate onto a domain.
> What's the core prequisite in a Windows-based company or organisation?
> Domains, Active Directory, etc. So if you want your desktop or
> portable device to authenticate against a domain, you still need it to
> be x86 based (at least for now)? Why might that be? There's no
> technical reason I've seen so far (although there is the idea that
> Windows 8 is irrelevant to businesses in general).

M$ have shot themselves in the foot by crippling Windows 8 on ARM IMHO.
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