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MS tax double down
Authored by: hardmath on Sunday, June 03 2012 @ 06:49 PM EDT
So not only do we have to pay a tax on Microsoft OS for new machines, will we
also have to pay for UEFI BIOS we don't need to enforce the Microsoft-only
marketplace?

And for that matter the costs imposed on Linux distributions if they have to be
signed with a Microsoft controlled key??



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prover." -- Richard O'Keefe

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MS requires OEMs to allow custom certificates and disabling secure boot
Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, June 03 2012 @ 08:31 PM EDT
At least on x64 - so there's no issue there. You don't need a
signed OS loader. ARM hardware is more locked down, but
they're hardly the only ones doing that.

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Non-UEFI computers?
Authored by: Gringo_ on Sunday, June 03 2012 @ 10:05 PM EDT

These are good questions. I can think of many more. There are no answers, AFAIK.

The only thing we can do for the moment is pray that Windows 8 will fail.

I was reading Novel's thing above, where Microsoft was trying to perpetuate their monopoly by fighting against "middle ware" taking hold on their OS. It's exactly the same thing they are doing today, with Windows 8. Firefox & Chrome are potential middleware, and those browser are not allowed. Windows 8 will be strickly IE and (gasp) Bing. Who the heck wants that? (Can we say "heck" here? If not, I appologize.)

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Is Open BIOS still around?
Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, June 03 2012 @ 10:22 PM EDT
Did it ever have practical potential?

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Will Linux never be able to rescue a windows box again?
Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, June 03 2012 @ 10:48 PM EDT

Maybe not such a bad thing.

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