Am 14.04.2013 13:28, schrieb Warp:
> Le_Forgeron <jgr### [at] freefr> wrote:
>> IMHO, it's a shortcut: some new motherboard came now with UEFI which
>> aims (and succeed) at forbidding installation of non-authorized OS.
>
> I cannot fathom what possible gain could there be for the motherboard
> manufacturer to do that.
>
> "Hey, I need a new motherboard for my linux machine, and was looking at
> yours."
> "Sorry, our motherboard doesn't allow you to install linux."
> "Well, then I'll buy a motherboard from someone else."
>
> Step 2: ???
> Step 3: Make profit?
>
> I don't get it.

I suspect it's rather a feature that OEMs can choose to activate or not, 
but that needs to be active (and locked down) for Windows 8 to run with 
certain inexpensive OEM licenses.

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