UEFI as implemented by MS is obliging hardware vendors to cater to one organization. UEFI is not a consensus solution. Lockout of other vendors is a fallout because of a bad UEFI design.
That said, one should be able to purchase a add-in card that is UEFI compliant, does not defeaut the UEFI protection, but is one level closer to the operating system. This add-in card or software will be UEFI compliant, with open keys. Using this interface, I believe it will be possible for any operating system to interface with UEFI mother boards. My other thought about UEFI is that it is going to come back to bite MS badly. Once there are 100 million softwares out there, we will find a UEFI bug in MS code that will force a complete reinstall. I can see it now. If you make very complex solutions, the problems that arise are very complex, as are the solutions. To that end, a complex solution will take time to develop and test, and that is where MS will get stung. We will wait and see. Perhaps I am wrong. But note. UEFI bioses are first generation of generation 1.1. time for it to also experience future bugs and bug fixes.. On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 10:58 AM, Hendrik Boom <[email protected]>wrote: > On Fri, Jun 08, 2012 at 08:19:45AM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > And there will be lots of criminal prosecutions. Because breaking a > > > digital lock is illegal in the US and soon also in Canada no matter > what > > > the purpose is. (Well, there are a few exceptions, but I haven't > > > noticed installing Linux being one of them) > > > > I wish it were that easy: enough prosecutions against people installing > > GNU/Linux on their desktops would bring bad publicity to these > > ridiculous laws. > > The real problem is that the bad guys are finally learning about real > > crypto, so breaking those digital locks is becoming *real* hard, so you > > can't even break the law in a "civil disobedience" kind of way. > > Yes. That's part of it. > > The worse is that these technologies are going to get used for > censorship and for sabotaging democratic policy-making. > > No doubt I haven't even thought of the worst yet. > > -- hendrik > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca > -- -- Mr Leslie Satenstein, Skype: lsatenstein [email protected] www.itbms.biz Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The content of this e-mail is confidential, may be privileged and is intended for the exclusive use of the addressee. Any other person is strictly prohibited from disclosing, distributing or reproducing it. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by telephone and delete all copies. Thank you. AVIS DE CONFIDENTIALITÉ: Le contenu de ce courriel est confidentiel, peut être protégé par le secret professionnel et est à l'usage exclusif du destinataire mentionné ci-dessus. Toute autre personne est avisée qu'il lui est strictement interdit de diffuser, distribuer ou reproduire ce message. Si vous avez reçu ce message par erreur, veuillez nous en aviser immédiatement par téléphone et en effacer toutes les copies. Merci. AVISO DE CONFIDENCIALIDAD: El contenido de este correo es confidencial, puede ser protegido por el secreto profesional y es de uso exclusivo del destinatario mencionado arriba. Cualquier otra persona que lo reciba, le está estrictamente prohibido difundir, distribuir o reproducir este mensaje. Si usted recibió este mensaje por error, por favor notifíquenos inmediatamente por teléfono y suprima todas las copias. Gracias.
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