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[Swapnil Bhartiya <swapnil.bhartiya@xxxxxxxxx>]

There is no doubt that Canonical is looking at the ARM based hardware 
for its tablets. But Microsoft seemed to have nipped Ubuntu's Tablet in 
the bud. The company tweaked its Windows Hardware Certification 
Requirements to effectively ban most alternative operating systems on 
ARM-based devices that ship with Windows 8.

On page 116 of Microsoft's The Certification Requirements, there is a 
clear instructions for hardware vendors that under no circumstance 
should the installation of another OS be permitted.

    MANDATORY: Disabling Secure MUST NOT be possible on ARM systems.

This is assumingly the platform Ubuntu was looking for. So, does that 
mean Microsoft just killed all the possibilities of ARM-based Ubuntu 
Tablets?

http://www.muktware.com/news/3217/did-microsoft-just-kill-ubuntu-tablets