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 <waydavis.phx.lists@gmail.com> 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?
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