Red Hat Will Pay Microsoft To Get Past UEFI Restrictions

[JD]

On 06/04/2012 06:53 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
>
> Possibly, in the worst case, in a distant future it will be a little 
> bit difficult to find consumer-grade hardware, like laptops, which 
> have the necessary bits – either a switch to disable secure boot, or 
> an easy way to install the right keys – to run Linux. That's the worst 
> possible outcome that I could see. But, that's not a given, and 
> there's no guarantee that Microsoft will succeed in locking down the 
> consumer hardware platform.
>
> It goes without saying that everything must be done to thwart this 
> thread of free and open hardware. But paying someone $99 for a 
> certificate is not how you go about fighting this thing.
>
>
>
>
I wonder if China will go along with the MS plans!
Much of our HW is made in China. What's to prevent
China from inserting back door code in the HW? I
mean that would totally make secure boot a laughable
thing.