Re: EFI BoF at DebConf
Hi
On Saturday 21 July 2012, Steve McIntyre wrote:
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> Likelihood of changes in MS requirements via public pressure vs pressure on OEMs?
> MS are not an implementor, certifier instead. Working with individual OEMs
> won't provide 100% coverage. Some clarifications have been made as a result of
> bad press from the initial announcements.
That ship has sailed, the first secure boot enabled consumer systems
are already shipping[1] and windows 8 is about to go gold in roughly
two weeks. Therefore both the specification and the first generation of
its implementation can be considered to be set in stone by now.
Regards
Stefan Lippers-Hollmann
[1] http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Aldi-PC-becomes-first-retail-PC-with-UEFI-Secure-Boot-1635893.html
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