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May 31, 2012 05:51 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/0MHkRPBM9hs/lockdown-freeopen-os-maker-p.html
Lockdown: freeopen OS maker pays Microsoft ransom for the right to boot on users' computers
A quiet announcement from the Fedora Linux community signals a titanic shift in the way that the computer market will work from now on, and a major threat to free/open operating systems. Microsoft and several PC vendors have teamed up to ensure that only operating systems bearing Microsoft's cryptographic signature will be able to boot [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/0MHkRPBM9hs/lockdown-freeopen-os-maker-p.html
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