Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] MS plans to force OEMs to add boot feature that blocks use of Linux and free software.

On 2011-10-19 1:42 PM, Scott Castaline <skotchman@gmail.com> wrote:
> My comments were based on articles written when this first hit. At that
> time M$ was pushing for no option available to disable this function and
> their explanation was that it would allow "breaking" of their system.

Please post a verifiable source for this comment. Nothing I have read 
supports this claim... although I read a lot of comments talking about 
'possibilities', etc...

This just doesn't fly though, if you think about it... as I said, any 
vendor who manufactured such motherboards would be shooting themselves 
in the head.

> The option that you mention was being discussed as a possible option for
> mfgs, but again M$ was fighting that at the time.

again, I have read *nothing* that supports this claim that MS wanted to 
prevent the ability for the user to disable the option in the BIOS.

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