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| Authored by: Wol on Monday, July 16 2012 @ 01:11 PM EDT |
Add to that, if your system DOES get compromised, how do you know that UEFI has
not been compromised?
And of course, if THAT has been compromised, you are in REAL trouble - how do
you update a compromised UEFI if it requires updates to be signed with a key you
haven't got?
Cheers,
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, July 16 2012 @ 04:01 PM EDT |
> what it is *designed* to do is hurt Linux adoption.
No, Linux on the desktop is not a problem for MS. OEMs can be leveraged to not
do it (eg Netbooks, WebOS), others will just build systems without secure boot,
or with it turned off.
The problem for MS is that consultants have predicted the end of PCs, or at
least the end of growth, and MS is far behind in having anything else: WM6.x,
Kin, WP7, Slate all failed to get any significant traction.
In order to get increasing revenue MS need to move into mobile in a big way. The
solution is to have a new mobile UI and to make this "the most familiar
UI" so that users demand that UI on their mobile devices. The way forward
is to force it down desktop users' throats until they like it and beg for more
(on phones and tablets).
There is also the compulsory app shop where MS will take a 30% cut on sales
bypassing retail. This is planned to increase MS revenue at the expense of all
their loyal 'partners' (ie retail shops).
The worst situation for MS is that new machines get 'updated' to XP or Windows 7
an old machines are left with their existing OS. No indoctrination of Metro, no
app store sales.
My preferred outcome is that OEM start selling Ubuntu, Red Hat, Mint, ChromeOS
systems and Android or WebOS tablets, and when MS rips away the 'loyalty
discounts' they simply add that to the price of a Windows machine.
Retailers may buy into that too with MS opening competing shops and taking
software sales away.
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