On Sun, 25 Sep 2011 17:52:17 +1000 Ian Chennell <[email protected]> wrote:
> Isn't this possibly all a storm in a teacup, at this early stage...?? > > I can see a perfectly legitimate corporate use case for supplying PCs > locked at BIOS level so they can't boot anything other than an > SOE-approved and digitally signed OS image. This will remove the > ability for corporate PCs to be "hijacked" with a non-SOE OS, which > I'm sure will have many CIOs and SysAdmins breathing a little easier. > > But I don't think this will be the type of box/config you'd have to > get as your home/personal PC. I imagine we'll just get a plain new > PC, plus Windows 8 in a box, as a non-OEM option. when I watched Microsofts //Build/ Windows 8 presentation I didn't see anything much corporate, rather it looked pretty much aimed at 'gadget user' M/m/r/s wannabe. > The box might come > with W8 preinstalled, but it won't have to be a signed and locked > version. Then we'd partition it up and set up Windows and Linux > multiple-boot as per usual. Or just buy a box with no OS on it at > all, and Linux all the way. .... > AFAIK, the option to REQUIRE signed OS > images is just that, one possible option in the system > configuration... You're right, however probably not an OPTION, but a requirement on most systems. Corporations already have the ability to lock down their systems and most do. Their problems occur when they allow exceptions ... much like an apple ;-) -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
