Re:Windows 8 OEM specs may block Linux booting
by mattgreenrocks on Tuesday September 20, 2011 @11:36PM
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Shhh, not so loud! Such thoughts would destabilize Slashdot if they got out!
Seriously, this seems especially short-sighted, as the perception is that MS is getting thrashed by Apple in the consumer market. I think its more about preventing malware from getting ahold of the boot process, side effects be damned.
Re:Windows 8 OEM specs may block Linux booting
by Hyena on Wednesday September 21, 2011 @06:17AM
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I don't see this. Apple sells hardware; incidentally, it comes with its own OS. I haven't met many people who bought a Mac for MacOS since Windows XP.
Re:Windows 8 OEM specs may block Linux booting
by ukaszg on Wednesday September 21, 2011 @02:50PM
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As much as I don't like Apple/OS X, most of my friends do. Everyone got Mac _because_ of OS X.
One got it because of low latency, and because he was "sure it won't hang up for a moment because of some background job". He uses it to make music.
Others got it for its (OS X's) usability.
Re:Windows 8 OEM specs may block Linux booting
by Hyena on Wednesday September 21, 2011 @09:02PM
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This is different from what I get from people I know, who comment on how great they look.
Re:Windows 8 OEM specs may block Linux booting
by runn1ng on Wednesday September 21, 2011 @04:51PM
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I beg to differ, Mac OS X is the only reason why people buy Macs. Take away the OS and they are just overpriced notebooks.
Re:Windows 8 OEM specs may block Linux booting
by th0ma5 on Wednesday September 21, 2011 @01:18AM
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That's a chilling thing IMHO when we rely on a single corporation to protect us. As far as the /. like rhetoric, you're using the parent's opinion that MS hasn't been trying, and is indeed seeing a steady increasing competition in desktop screen space (which I've seen in two different Fortune 500 companies first hand within the last 6 years), so if that isn't true, then the rhetoric isn't just rhetoric.
"After years of trying to cut off Linux growth as a desktop platform on x86 and x64 PCs, Microsoft may have actually figured out a way to stop Linux deployments on client PCs dead in their tracks."
I'm quite certain Microsoft has (A) not put any significant effort into cutting off growth as a desktop platform, and (B) If they had, they were almost completely successful, and characterizing it as "trying" implies that they had limited success.