From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 6 01:34:00 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EE431065673 for ; Wed, 6 Jun 2012 01:34:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike.jeays@rogers.com) Received: from nm3.access.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com (nm3.access.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com [66.94.237.204]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F00BB8FC08 for ; Wed, 6 Jun 2012 01:33:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [66.94.237.201] by nm3.access.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 06 Jun 2012 01:33:59 -0000 Received: from [98.139.221.70] by tm12.access.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 06 Jun 2012 01:33:59 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp107.rog.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 06 Jun 2012 01:33:59 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rogers.com; s=s1024; t=1338946439; bh=w4OUKRJ0CR6gvTC7QFaSLrAhkIZBBM0T7np/SrwUVlc=; h=X-Yahoo-Newman-Id:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:X-Mailer:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=TGr/x58BPerRdorUL+iI4jkr8Taj1o16NThSgd4y7wmJ7/ExTow+8vxvOHH+7BtEMqxg5txWxOPogvam2WWa4pYa6fmf3+12ZhYi95o+siW4xD6WlQl8clJs+1w0fhYwn1svbjFKHHTKQSfW8lIlAkQK0oYl/kNYIch90jpAc6s= X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 218929.59749.bm@smtp107.rog.mail.bf1.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: k0Oq4bIVM1my13i82Rt1..hrJ1LcRflFLTvUXn9QHu4TfUJ wWd6ffAVz7JrfOP3Wa38FRhevoHVxg.5GSQ4QbevxhnW8FzRkOmS5BCmocSO jWaAXUCsjoqAcp.7PeE6ORcc_x28BJyxAPvOTNiCmAbd4DGiz7GcnEXreMSl .baLo9e3fic8HzWpJEQbmZyAVvw1T7g6l_Uvz96EkGKAeDrmnRdHbmtPONxC Hcj7YMS6ZQiazfvK9cdfHSIRL2fUFwtNE3U9IiICzQ9_dHELFAUa26LHkHks OpDVW3WByq_5a9lc4eZoIqdJMQ9MeqTYZoy0aY0sB1VkVNYrWTMSZ4rlTMQp eqzrefZaNWd9ikxs1q52Zcjdyc8FoadJPaJ4zeqy8X3ZJfyTee8owtGUNP2r 0WaNmrQbgkBSpe3TE9BGcE5DBcsh_OcicqYWQ_JiTEB6qOQxBmFdFohZ_82s qa4hWq.tZcKFQYPyWIEnmdDOrhQxq0eLPyg-- X-Yahoo-SMTP: N82WFx6swBBjwcHWPFR2CGt6udzA8RPrA.xm0enFFXaK2g-- Received: from europa (mike.jeays@99.224.68.20 with login) by smtp107.rog.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 05 Jun 2012 18:33:59 -0700 PDT Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 21:33:58 -0400 From: Mike Jeays To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120605213358.5047d683@europa> In-Reply-To: References: <20120605221250.9da6bd5c.goksin.akdeniz@gmail.com> <4FCE61D4.9070300@cran.org.uk> <20120605230025.a1e39827.goksin.akdeniz@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.8 (GTK+ 2.24.4; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Is this something we (as consumers of FreeBSD) need to be aware of? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2012 01:34:00 -0000 On Tue, 5 Jun 2012 19:57:30 -0400 (EDT) Chris Hill wrote: > On Tue, 5 Jun 2012, G?k?in Akdeniz wrote: > > > For the time being only ARM platform is restricted. > > True, but I would be astonished if this restriction were not expanded by > MS in the future. Just my opinion, but I believe their ultimate goal is > to add platforms until the "secure boot" restriction encompasses most or > all desktop and server hardware. This would be over a period of years. > > -- > Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org > ** [ Busy Expunging ] > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" This seems all too likely to me. I expect it will become very hard to find a consumer laptop that will run other operating systems in a few years. There won't be any in Best Buy or Staples, one can be pretty sure. It will be a Windows or Mac world. Not an attractive future.