On 12-07-09 05:46 PM, Leslie Satenstein wrote:
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..
Do you guys think this will open up a world of "black market" machines
from China etc with unlocked BIOSes? I assume someone will also figure
out a hack like they do on playstation etc so we will be able to disable it.
Jeremy
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