On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 8:03 PM, Konstantin Olchanski <olcha...@triumf.ca> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 02:35:32PM -0500, Tom H wrote: >> >> I wouldn't be surprised if SB became "un-disable-able" in the next few >> years. We'd then have to use an MS-signed shim to boot, as is now the >> case with the default Fedora and Ubuntu SB setups. > > I am not worried. In a few years MS will be the go-daddy for getting SB > keys. Will give them to anybody with a working credit card number. > > Today, if you want to run a web site, you have to pay the SSL certificate > tax, and nobody complains, everybody is happy. > > Tomorrow, if you want to run your own linux kernels, you will have to > pay the SB-certificate tax, and it will be the same, nobody complains, > everybody is happy.
I'm not worried either although I wonder whether the USD 99 will become a time-limited fee rather than a one-time one.