Fedora 18 and UEFI

[Alan Cox]

On Sat, 7 Jul 2012 09:27:34 -0500
Dave Ihnat <dihnat at dminet.com> wrote:

> Once, long ago--actually, on Sat, Jul 07, 2012 at 02:54:11PM +0200--Reindl Harald (h.reindl at thelounge.net) said:
> > Micorsoft is NOT in teh position to close the x86 market only for
> > them because if the would try it history repeats and these days the
> > EU would be the next killing their business in whole europe
> 
> I concur that MS can't lock down the x86/x64 market.  However, they ARE
> trying to lock down the ARM market--at least, any devices built to run MS
> software.  Considering the burgeoning mobile markeplace, this is a matter
> for some concern; it's not inconceivable that Intel & clones are going to
> be marginalized, or at least minimalized, moving forward in that arena.

Many Android ARM based devices are already locked down. In shouting at
Microsoft on the ARM issue you need to point fingers at a lot of other
people too.