Is this something we (as consumers of FreeBSD) need to be aware of?

[Damien Fleuriot]

On 6/5/12 9:12 PM, Gökşin Akdeniz wrote:
>>
>> UEFI considerations drive Fedora to pay MSFT to sign their kernel
>> binaries http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8035515/1292406/565573/0/
>>
> 
> That's restriction is only for ARM devices which have a label that says
> "Desgined for Windows8". In other words those devices can not boot
> another os except Windows 8 due to secure boot option enabled by
> default.
> 
> The short and the long of it Microsoft is copying Apple on tablets with
> ARM.
> 

Well perhaps it should say "designed ONLY for windows8" then ?

This has "class action" written all over it, just like the "ready for
win7" fiasco where the PCs displaying the sticker could only run the
minimalist version of the OS.