The main thing will be oem builders being able to lock the pre-installed os into place. But that would also mean locking the bios. And there is nothing to say that will or wont happen On Jun 9, 2012 4:47 PM, "Derek Trotter" <expat.arizo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I just don't like the idea of buying a uefi motherboard and not being > able to run the OS I want to on it. Maybe I will want to install an OS > that predates uefi. According to the dangerous prototypes article, it > looks like that could be a problem if the manufacturer of the motherboard > doesn't like the particular OS I'm trying to install. > > If I'm missing something, please let me know. > > thanks > > On 6/9/2012 15:53, Wayne Davis wrote: > > Excellent. I'm glad it IS nothing of note. > > > > On 06/09/2012 09:01 AM, Dazed_75 wrote: > > As stated, they are not paying M$, they are paying Verisign a TOTAL of $99 > for a certificate they can use to sign their software. This is not worth > the time to discuss it. > > On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 6:41 PM, Wayne Davis > <waydavis.phx.li...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> http://dangerousprototypes.com/2012/06/04/fedora-pays-m-boot-tax-to-access-consumers-hardware/ >> >> >> Curious to see what the take is on this amongst the PLUG users. Is this >> a lot about nothing or the beginnings of a real problem? >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry > > Please protect my address like I protect yours. When sending messages to > multiple recipients, always use the BCC: (Blind carbon copy) and not To: or > CC:. Remove all addresses from the message body before sending a Forwarded > message. This can prevent spy programs capturing addresses from the > recipient list and message body. > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail > settings:http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail > settings:http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >
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