Linux won't be locked out of Windows 8 PCs, but FUD continues
A tiny but vocal minority of Linux fanatics are pounding the table today over a new security feature called Secure Boot that will be introduced in Windows 8, shrilly accusing Microsoft once again of a conspiracy to “lock out” Linux. They are pounding the table because the facts are not on their side.
So what’s really going on?
A new draft of Microsoft’s Windows 8 hardware certification specs confirms what we already knew: the new Secure Boot feature won’t lock out Linux on hundreds of millions of new PCs. But Linux backers are demanding the right to hack a new class of devices that doesn’t yet exist.
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Too big to fail?
zdnet.com: In Microsoft’s handing of Windows 8 on ARM are we seeing a desperate attempt for a company past its prime trying to grab market-share?
In 1912, three of the ten biggest companies in the world were J&P Coats, Pullman, and U.S. Steel. They were giants in their day. Today, they’re either business history footnotes or shadows of their former selves. Why in the world should we think Microsoft will be any different?
I don’t see Linux being attacked by this move. I see Linux supporters being annoyed at it–I know I am–but attacked, afraid? No.
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Windows 8 = no thanks.
I'll take an Android Ultrabook please that will sync to my mobile and tablet.