Microsoft tries to block Linux off Windows 8 PCs

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 11:57:48AM -0400, Scott Elcomb wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 5:18 PM, Thomas Milne
> <thomas.bruce.milne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/microsoft-tries-to-block-linux-off-windows-8-pcs/9572?tag=mantle_skin%3Bcontent
> 
> Here's Microsoft's response and explanation (I haven't read it yet):
> 
> <http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/09/22/protecting-the-pre-os-environment-with-uefi.aspx>

Well certainly Microsoft's explanation matches what I thought the
situation would be.

> via /.
> 
> <http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/09/23/1236221/Microsoft-Responds-To-Linux-Concerns-Over-Windows-8-and-UEFI-Secure-Boot>

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