I have doubts on the legality of that kind of strategie microsoft is
trying to pull up
On 2011-09-23 22:32, wouter Vandenneucker wrote:
EPFSUG is already talking about shouting it out to some MEP's in order
to make sure the rights of the users are guaranteed..
I guess this isn't the last we heard from it. (And that's a good thing!)
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Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 22:16:48 +0200
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-be] Win8 will block dual-boot?
Microsoft does require that the hardware ships with UEFI secure boot
enabled but it also states that it will support the unsecured boot
process. If so then it's up to the hardware vendors to make it optional.
http://tweakers.net/nieuws/76961/microsoft-secure-boot-blokkeert-andere-besturingssystemen-niet.html
(dutch)
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 5:31 PM, Pieter Vande Wyngaerde
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
UEFI secure booting (part 2) via planet.debian.net
<http://planet.debian.net>:
very good good article @ http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/5850.html
(Part 1 here: http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/5552.html)
from the article:
These are the facts:
Windows 8 certification requires that hardware ship with UEFI secure
boot enabled.
Windows 8 certification does not require that the user be able to
disable UEFI secure boot, and we've already been informed by hardware
vendors that some hardware will not have this option.
Windows 8 certification does not require that the system ship with any
keys other than Microsoft's.
A system that ships with UEFI secure boot enabled and only includes
Microsoft's signing keys will only securely boot Microsoft operating
systems.
...
The truth is that Microsoft's move removes control from the end user
and places it in the hands of Microsoft and the hardware vendors. The
truth is that it makes it more difficult to run anything other than
Windows. The truth is that UEFI secure boot is a valuable and
worthwhile feature that Microsoft are misusing to gain tighter control
over the market. And the truth is that Microsoft haven't even
attempted to argue otherwise.
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 7:03 AM, Jurgen Gaeremyn
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
wrote:
> Have a read here:
>
>
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/will-windows-8-block-users-from-dual-booting-linux-microsoft-wont-say/10772
>
> Grtz,
> Jurgen.
>
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