On Thu, 07 Jun 2012 11:50:29 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > OT: > > On Wed, 2012-06-06 at 14:41 +0000, Camaleón wrote: >> Windows users with secure boot enabled who want to boot a different OS >> should ask MS how to do it, don't you think? They have paid for what >> they have installed. > > IIRC it's not allowed to run a Linux on the same machine, beside a > Windows, regarding to the Microsoft license or warranty, support.
Is there any paper that supports that? I really doubt it, given that MS is under the eyes of the anti-monopoly parties in many countries. > AFAIK Suse, resp. Novell made a deal with Windows and it's the only > Linux a Windows customer is allowed to run on a Windows machine. > Perhaps just half of half-truth. Hopefully none of that is true. The deal was to protect Novell users from a possible patent lawsuit taken by MS, among other things... > However, I don't like a proprietary software company being the one to > handle keys. They will abuse this impact. What annoys me is that I feel like the rats of the Hamelin legend while MS takes the pied piper role. We, FLOSS users, have to start learning to say "NO". Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jqqelu$dr8$8...@dough.gmane.org
