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Intel Says Clover Trail Atom CPU Won't Work With Linux
girlmad tips this news from the Inquirer:
"Intel's Clover Trail Atom processor can be seen in various non-descript laptops around IDF and the firm provided a lot of architectural details on the chip, confirming details such as dual-core and a number of power states. However Intel said Clover Trail 'is a Windows 8 chip' and that 'the chip cannot run Linux.' While Intel's claim that Clover Trail won't run Linux is not quite true — after all, it is an x86 instruction set, so there is no major reason why the Linux kernel and userland will not run — given that the firm will not support it, device makers are unlikely to produce Linux Clover Trail devices for their own support reasons."
There is a big difference here.
Microsoft took steps to make sure the DR DOS wouldn't run windows, where it could.
Intel is just not going the extra step to allow Linux compatibility. If the Open Source guys are as smart as they think they are there should be an open source patch shortly to allow Linux to run with that chip. Now if Intel has a fit over this, then they may be crossing the line, if they just let it continue and if there is an issue the help desk goes sorry we do not support Linux on this chip. That is just keeping the status quo.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.