<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">I hope it was properly conveyed that "It's our own fault" was tonge in cheek.<BR style="RIGHT: auto" class=yui-cursor></SPAN></div>
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<DIV style="RIGHT: auto">But remember that for most people "PC" means Windows thanks to the cleaver MS marketing and if you convince them that you are selling them a "more secure PC" they may very well buy it.</DIV>
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<DIV style="RIGHT: auto">We know that having the ability to boot from CD is a big advantage for support purposes but the users may be easlily scared into thinking that it is a security hole.</DIV>
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<DIV style="RIGHT: auto">If the users (clients) are convinced, then the HW vendors will be forced by the market to provide that level of "security".<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR></DIV>
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<div>Raul Suarez</div>
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<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=hr contentEditable=false readonly="true"></DIV><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> R. Brent Clements <rbclemen@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> KWLUG discussion <kwlug-disc@kwlug.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wednesday, September 21, 2011 2:04:06 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [kwlug-disc] Windows 8 OEM specs may block Linux booting<BR></FONT><BR>Apple making its own hardware locked to their OS is completely<BR>different from a software company manipulating hardware makers into<BR>handing them near complete market dominance.<BR><BR>Brent<BR><BR><BR>On Wed, Sep
21, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Raul Suarez <<A href="mailto:rarsa@yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:rarsa@yahoo.com">rarsa@yahoo.com</A>> wrote:<BR>> Maybe it is our own fault.<BR>><BR>> Remember how we complain about the iPhone saying "I don't need to root my<BR>> PC, why do I have to do it with my Phone".<BR>><BR>> Now MS wants us to have a level playing field with mobile devices. I mean.<BR>> if its worked for apple and the market does not complain, it may work for<BR>> MS.<BR>><BR>> Raul Suarez<BR>><BR>> Technology consultant<BR>> Software, Hardware and Practices<BR>> _________________<BR>> Twitter: rarsamx<BR>> <A href="http://rarsa.blogspot.com/" target=_blank>http://rarsa.blogspot.com/</A><BR>> An eclectic collection of random thoughts<BR>> From: L.D. Paniak <<A href="mailto:ldpaniak@fourpisolutions.com" ymailto="mailto:ldpaniak@fourpisolutions.com">ldpaniak@fourpisolutions.com</A>><BR>> To:
KWLUG discussion <<A href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org" ymailto="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</A>><BR>> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 11:38:32 AM<BR>> Subject: [kwlug-disc] Windows 8 OEM specs may block Linux booting<BR>><BR>><BR>> Apparently we may have to worry about breaking the digital locks on our PCs'<BR>> boot systems before long...<BR>><BR>> <A href="http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/205255/windows-8-oem-specs-may-block-linux-booting" target=_blank>http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/205255/windows-8-oem-specs-may-block-linux-booting</A><BR>><BR>><BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> kwlug-disc mailing list<BR>> <A href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org" ymailto="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</A><BR>> <A href="http://kwlug.org/mailman/listinfo/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org"
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