Microsoft gave a ban on Firefox landing ARM version of Win8 reason

Computer Store News Harvey Anderson, General Counsel of Mozilla, said that Microsoft has banned Firefox from logging into the ARM architecture Windows 8 device. So, is there any reason for Microsoft? CNET brings more reports to everyone.

Microsoft wants to stop Firefox? Microsoft Deputy Attorney David Heiner told Mozilla that Microsoft has not allowed other browsers (login to Win8 for ARM) for two reasons. Anderson has exposed these two reasons:

— ARM processors are currently mainly used on iOS, Android and Windows Phone phones or tablets, it is very different from the x86 chips used by PCs, for security, There are new requirements for power management, and currently only Microsoft can meet these requirements;

— Windows RT (also known as ARM version of Windows 8) & ldquo; is no longer Windows.

Anderson ridiculed the above theory for the first reason: "I don't know, Microsoft is the only technology company that can support the ARM environment …… it does It's a brand new architecture, but it's not the first time we've encountered an OS that works on multiple architectures. ”

For Microsoft's second reason, Anderson believes that Windows RT uses the same user experience, programming interface, and Windows Update system as other versions of Windows 8, "It is absolutely unreasonable to say that it is not Windows." . ”

However, Anderson believes that the current relationship between Mozilla and Microsoft is still healthy, and he is still optimistic that he can find a satisfactory solution. Today, Microsoft has changed its initial attitude, agreeing that other browsers will run on the Windows 8 Metro interface on x86 machines, and both Firefox and Chrome are now developing the Metro version. Therefore, Microsoft may adopt the same policy on the issue of the ARM version of Windows 8 browser. Mozilla hopes so.

Anderson said: "I don't want to see the justice program as the primary way to protect users. In 1996, I was in Netscape, and the wheels of justice were rolling too slowly. & rdquo; To wait until then, everything is late, the glory of Netscape is gone forever.