We can all see where this is going... MS has OEM's lockout UEFI, some new "team" will pop up and start the PC jailbreak/unlock scene, MS will cry that its illegal, court wont even understand wtf is going on, etc, etc ...
:) On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Tom H <tomh0...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 7:10 AM, Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:18:07 +1000, Alex wrote: > > > >> Any comments on the "Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) > >> firmware" and its ability to preclude booting from alternative operating > >> systems such as Linux, BSD etc., would be greatly appreciated, as per > >> article entitled "Windows 8 secure boot would 'exclude' Linux" at > >> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/21/secure_boot_firmware_linux_exclusion_fears/ > > > > I recently read several IT media articles for that news, but I find them > > a bit lacking, that is, what is the real scope for that -crazy- proposal? > > It's not that crazy from MS's perspective. Not only is it intended to > make Windows more secure (at least from a sales perspective) but it > may very well prevent me, for example, from installing Fedora on my > netbook as I've done. It's not MS's first attempt. There was a > hardware-based attempt a few years ago with Trusted Computing and the > TPM chip. IIRC the GNU people re-baptized it Treacherous Computing! :) > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/caodoszisgp0r61kg-944ukoxss_gwxbhucoroyjftm6h9y...@mail.gmail.com > >
