Hi, I think is the same as the trusted computing bullshit, pretense to gain money and keep away non-ms stuff. Question why now? Why they want that so badly?
Z 2012/6/4 <j.witvl...@mindef.nl>: > -----Original Message----- > From: users-boun...@lists.fedoraproject.org > [mailto:users-boun...@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of JD > Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 11:40 AM > To: Community support for Fedora users > Subject: Re: Red Hat Will Pay Microsoft To Get Past UEFI Restrictions > > On 06/04/2012 01:47 AM, Thibault Nélis wrote: >> . >> >> In my opinion, a better question would be "When will alternative >> organizations to Microsoft will appear to offer the same services?", >> and with that one I'd actually worry they might never come, even >> though we need them. >> > So, if all the linux distros put their "heads" together and create a single > Linux signature authority, which will serve all the distros, and be funded > largely by the industry (which sell linux servers - such as IBM, among > others), > and other for-money linux distros, such as Red Hat; then this will go a long > way towards making linux totally independent of MS as far as key signatures > are concerned. > -----Original Message----- > > Excuse me if I'm misunderstanding, > But somehow it looks to me that we are forced in a direction we should not be > heading to. > > Wasn't the whole idea behind this uefi-restrictions, to: > a) improve Microsoft security record (fighting malware, rogue-drivers, worms, > ...) > b) Fighting illegal versions of Windows. > > If you -on those uefi-systems- can only boot a legitimate (contradiction in > terminis) version of windows? > Big deal! > As long as you still can boot something else.... (I mean NON-microsoft) > It should only means that their marketshare will be smaller (loss of "cloned" > versions of W8/W9/Wx) > > Just hope that "official" versions of W8, do not require such uefi-structure > beneath them, otherwise you have a problem with vmware/kvm/xen. > > Please correct me if I'm wrong... > > Hans > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Dit bericht kan informatie bevatten die niet voor u is bestemd. Indien u niet > de geadresseerde bent of dit bericht abusievelijk aan u is toegezonden, wordt > u verzocht dat aan de afzender te melden en het bericht te verwijderen. De > Staat aanvaardt geen aansprakelijkheid voor schade, van welke aard ook, die > verband houdt met risico's verbonden aan het elektronisch verzenden van > berichten. > > This message may contain information that is not intended for you. If you are > not the addressee or if this message was sent to you by mistake, you are > requested to inform the sender and delete the message. The State accepts no > liability for damage of any kind resulting from the risks inherent in the > electronic transmission of messages. > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- PGP: 06853DF7 -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
