[sf-lug] Microsoft trying to shut out dual-booting machines with UEFI...

[Christian Einfeldt]

Hi,

there are several vendors that sell machines without Microsoft software on
them, most notably, Zareason, which is right over in Berkeley.  They are a
family owned business who derive all (ALL!) of their income from selling
Linux machines.  Let's help get the word out for them!

On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Alex Kleider <a_kleider at yahoo.com> wrote:

> The question then becomes: Will there be any non sticker-ed boxes to buy?
>
> a_kleider at yahoo.com
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Wladyslaw Zbikowski <embeddedlinuxguy at gmail.com>
> *To:* Jeff Bragg <jackofnotrades at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* sf-lug at linuxmafia.com
> *Sent:* Thursday, September 22, 2011 10:47 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [sf-lug] Microsoft trying to shut out dual-booting machines
> with UEFI...
>
> My impression is that this has nothing to do with Windows 8 per se; it
> has to do with what hardware vendors are required to do to get an
> official "Windows 8" sticker from Microsoft. In other words, the same
> kind of trick Microsoft pulled in the 90s when they told OEMs to
> install (or at least pay for) Windows on every box they made, in order
> to sell any Windows boxes:
>
> Microsoft has induced many OEMs to execute anticompetitive "per
> processor" contracts for MS-DOS and Windows, even though many would
> prefer to preserve their freedom to offer PCs with non-Microsoft
> operating systems.
>
> http://www.justice.gov/atr/cases/f0000/0046.htm
>
> The difference here is, vendors can still sell non-Microsoft boxes;
> they just can't put a "Windows 8" sticker on them. So just don't buy a
> box with a "Windows 8" sticker.
>
> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 6:01 PM, Jeff Bragg <jackofnotrades at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Good question, to which I have no good answer.  My suspicion is it will
> > depend on the virtualization software (whether it's implementing
> emulation
> > the the expected firmware).  I can't imagine it would serve MS' interests
> to
> > squash virtualization of Windows as a side-effect of being spiteful to
> > competing OSes.
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 2:00 PM, David Rosenstrauch <darose at darose.net>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> On 09/22/2011 03:57 PM, Jeff Bragg wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Incentive for me to continue to steer clear of MS Windows entirely (or
> >>> only
> >>> virtualized).
> >>
> >> Which actually brings up another point:  wouldn't this change make it
> >> impossible (or very difficult) to run Windows 8 as a VM?
> >>
> >> DR
> >>
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Christian Einfeldt,
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