On May 13, 2011, at 9:29 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
If you believe that EFI is some great conspiracy to prevent you from running another OS on a Mac it is YOU who doesn't understand what EFI is.
I believe he's referring to TPM, not EFI. My understanding of TPM is that it's a set of cryptographic keys that prevents software from running on any "untrusted" system (meaning, "unapproved" hardware).
If Apple controls the "keys", then the argument is that Apple "owns" the computer they "sold" you. In labor relations, there's something known as a "lock out", which the NFL is on the cusp of having now. I know it's highly unlikely, but from a theoretical standpoint Apple could "lockout" the owners of Intel Macs. PPC Macs would still be playing ball because our playing field has no locks or keys.
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