Red Hat Will Pay Microsoft To Get Past UEFI Restrictions

JD jd1008 at gmail.com
Sat Jun 2 03:52:16 UTC 2012


On 06/01/2012 08:09 PM, Tim wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-05-31 at 20:56 -0700, JD wrote:
>> FWIW, perhaps - just perhaps - this is an attempt by MS and redhat
>> (and perhaps others like Oracle), to try an convince government
>> customers that a system with a signed bootloader and kernel and
>> modules, provides for such greater security, that the gov should spend
>> the money to revamp all their installations.
> Given Microsoft's past history (decades of it), I find it very hard to
> believe that anything that /they/ think is a good idea, is a good idea.
> Their track record for security is abysmal, likewise with usability.
>
You'll get no argument from me on that.
But do not dismiss their enormous marketing
clout and connections, not to mention their cash.
Given the state of the economy today, politicians
are ready to go for any proposals that improve
business revenues,
especially those of multi-billion dollar corps.



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