Red Hat Will Pay Microsoft To Get Past UEFI Restrictions

[Aaron Konstam]

On Sun, 2012-06-03 at 14:58 -0700, JD wrote: 
> On 06/03/2012 12:20 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
> > On 06/03/2012 12:03 PM, x414e54 wrote:
> >> Even my friends, I tell them about linux, and they are very skillful
> >> with computers but have no intention to use anything that is not
> >> pre-installed on their system.
> >
> > Yes.  I tell friends that it's free and they're interested, but afraid 
> > to try it because they "need" Windows programs.  I tell them that 
> > there are Linux equivalents that can read/edit/write files that the 
> > Windows programs understand and they're more interested.  They ask 
> > about anti-virus and I explain that the malware that's currently out 
> > there in the wild bounces when it hits Linux and they're impressed.  
> > But they don't change, they don't try it, they don't even burn and try 
> > a LiveCD to see what it's like.  They just can't imagine freeing 
> > themselves of Windows.
> >
> That's just it - 95% of computer users use windows.
> I seriously doubt they give a hoot if open source users
> end up being left  out in the cold.
> 3rd party developers of SW (and freeware), be it for *nix*
> or for windows,  will have to also shell bucks to MS to sign
> their blobs??
> Someone's gain is a great loss to many.

This may have been covered but if you are among the majority (I would
guess) that do not have UEFI machines the question is kind of moot is it
not? I am assuming that Fedora 18 will run on these machines without the
UEFI boot firmware. Am I correct?
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