[Ilugc] [ILug-C][Lug-Puduvai][News] Microsoft locks down UEFI

  • From: prasannatsmkumar@xxxxxxxxx (prasannatsmkumar)
  • Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:02:54 +0530

On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Yogesh <yogeshg1987 at gmail.com> wrote:

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Hi,

FYI


http://www.softwarefreedom.org/blog/2012/jan/12/microsoft-confirms-UEFI-fears-locks-down-ARM/

- --
Y
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/

iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPD/UiAAoJEOhc4d8atv32t7IIAKebyKshRIqVIVyTs5BVzPSX
P+1/JMkZ+7l21PyWUXE8BAUJ3XZ0hM/bxpTyZ3sTK0OVDAWbtUMqcNTQM+GZTdaS
1EdnurJEvHAt9eE3eQCvEABGeo5O5+KjCep4jI++dn6bgbvi8+ebiG8R4XMFHpUY
gAbTmhWrQpSf/nnh2YnyfGnHfh05Valsa2O+eCOjN+cISeEpHCT09VMscZxt2e/w
3crg1pERIr8u7a+7GCFOGgUSwdPFtLeAYnYB91lbPedBjjc0sFVbUPvdhMCqj7Na
EqpHvhAU5CRsKWEtVkm/TCRpUOfAtRvfigA0zdxMVYnbQkMAPvoPWcYJ+tiUUVY=
=R0Sw
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
_______________________________________________
ILUGC Mailing List:
http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc



This should not happen. MS can monopoly over user (and OEMs). This should
change or some way to remove the feature (or replace UEFI with custom boot
firmware like CoreBoot must be created as a worst case step).

Other related posts:

  1. Home
  2. ilugc
  3. Archive
  4. 01-2012