[Nottingham] More money for nothing

[Mat Booth]

On 23 September 2011 13:40, Jason Irwin <jasonirwin73 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 21/09/11 13:33, Jason Irwin wrote:
>> I'm not sure, but we'd better do something.  Seems that the UEFI (BIOS
>> ROM replacement) proposal could effectively block any alternate OS from
>> booting and prevent anyone from rolling their own.
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/21/secure_boot_firmware_linux_exclusion_fears/
>
> And now MS is claiming is won't.
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/23/ms_denies_uefi_lock_in/
> Now I am sure that OEMs have a choice in what OSs and other options they
> ship.  They merely have to accept the consequences of making those choices.
>

The kernel developer's opinions:

http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/5552.html
http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/5850.html

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Mat Booth
http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora