• # Ping Pong

    Posté par . En réponse au journal Windows 8 aime l'opensource !. Évalué à 4.

    Le Ping Pong continue.

    Voici la réponse de Microsoft :
    http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/09/22/protecting-the-pre-os-environment-with-uefi.aspx
    J'vous la fait en résumé : "il n'y a aucun problème, l'utilisateur a le contrôle total de son bien".

    La réponse de Matthew Garrett n'a pas trainé :
    http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/5850.html
    j'vous la fait en résumé aussi : "foutaises, seuls les oem auront la possibilité de décider, l'utilisateur sera pied et poings liés s'il se trouve avec un bien ne fonctionnant que sur le schéma des clefs microsoft"

    Since then, we at Red Hat have been discussing the problem with other Linux vendors, hardware vendors and BIOS vendors. We've been making sure that we understood the ramifications of the policy in order to avoid saying anything that wasn't backed up by facts. These are the facts:

    Windows 8 certification requires that hardware ship with UEFI secure boot enabled.
    Windows 8 certification does not require that the user be able to disable UEFI secure boot, and we've already been informed by hardware vendors that some hardware will not have this option.
    Windows 8 certification does not require that the system ship with any keys other than Microsoft's.
    A system that ships with UEFI secure boot enabled and only includes Microsoft's signing keys will only securely boot Microsoft operating systems.

    If Microsoft were serious about giving the end user control, they'd be mandating that systems ship without any keys installed. The user would then have the ability to make an informed and conscious decision to limit the flexibility of their system and install the keys. The user would be told what they'd be gaining and what they'd be giving up.

    Microsoft's rebuttal is entirely factually accurate. But it's also misleading. The truth is that Microsoft's move removes control from the end user and places it in the hands of Microsoft and the hardware vendors. The truth is that it makes it more difficult to run anything other than Windows. The truth is that UEFI secure boot is a valuable and worthwhile feature that Microsoft are misusing to gain tighter control over the market. And the truth is that Microsoft haven't even attempted to argue otherwise.

    Bonnes lectures.

    Bon, finalement, on va tous finir avec des Apple... Au moins on peut installer (presque) tranquillement nos linux dessus ...