> I don't think Microsoft is the real problem there, though. > [...] > So it was interesting when I heard things about "Windows on ARM" half a decade ago--an

> I don't think Microsoft is the real problem there, though. > [...] > So it was interesting when I heard things about "Windows on ARM" half a decade ago--and then the Surface RT. The RT was crap, but it did have real Windows NT working on non-Intel ARM, as was the OS on their Windows Series 10 phones or whatever. In this specific case, Microsoft is the real problem: Microsoft deeply locked down the Surface RT; you needed a jailbreak to run unsigned applications on it.