On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 12:04 PM, Chris McQuistion <[email protected]> wrote: > I think this is kind of a non-story. > There are plenty of systems with UEFI BIOS' now. They run Windows and > Linux. > The problem with UEFI is that computer manufacturers (ie Dell or HP or > Lenovo) ~could~ lock down the UEFI BIOS so it could only run the operating > system it shipped with (Windows.) > Microsoft hasn't proposed that manufacturers do that, so far as I know, and > I've seen no evidence that they have or even would do such a thing. > I think this is much ado about nothing. UEFI actually offers some useful > improvements over traditional BIOS, including the ability to boot off a > drive larger than 2 TB (a limitation of current BIOS.)
Given Microsoft's history, they almost certainly would have tried to sneak in a provision in the contracts with the manufacturers that would have provided a monetary punishment for not locking the BIOS down. In other words, your license is $10/computer with a locked BIOS or $50/computer otherwise. So, yes, it's a non-story, but only because RH and other companies sounded the alarm before something stupid could happen. Michael -- Michael Darrin Chaney, Sr. [email protected] http://www.michaelchaney.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
