I don't see how that would be a problem. Please reference exact part of the article which leads you to believe that. BL, there's a lot of misinformation about this. I don't think it's anything to be concerned about. -- -Eric 'shubes' On 06/09/2012 04:47 PM, Derek Trotter wrote: > I just don't like the idea of buying a uefi motherboard and not being > able to run the OS I want to on it. Maybe I will want to install an OS > that predates uefi. According to the dangerous prototypes article, it > looks like that could be a problem if the manufacturer of the > motherboard doesn't like the particular OS I'm trying to install. > > If I'm missing something, please let me know. > > thanks > > On 6/9/2012 15:53, Wayne Davis wrote: >> Excellent. I'm glad it IS nothing of note. >> >> >> >> On 06/09/2012 09:01 AM, Dazed_75 wrote: >>> As stated, they are not paying M$, they are paying Verisign a TOTAL >>> of $99 for a certificate they can use to sign their software. This is >>> not worth the time to discuss it. >>> >>> On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 6:41 PM, Wayne Davis >>> > >>> wrote: >>> >>> http://dangerousprototypes.com/2012/06/04/fedora-pays-m-boot-tax-to-access-consumers-hardware/ >>> >>> >>> Curious to see what the take is on this amongst the PLUG users. >>> Is this a lot about nothing or the beginnings of a real problem? >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry >>> >>> Please protect my address like I protect yours. When sending messages >>> to multiple recipients, always use the BCC: (Blind carbon copy) and >>> not To: or CC:. Remove all addresses from the message body before >>> sending a Forwarded message. This can prevent spy programs capturing >>> addresses from the recipient list and message body. >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list -PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list -PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss