On Sun, 25 Sep 2011 06:45:08 PM Jason White wrote:
How does this affect the security argument for signed boot loaders? Surely server systems are just as vulnerable to the types of malware discussed earlier in this thread, although admittedly they are more likely to be competently administered irrespective of operating system.
I guess Microsoft just figured there's no way the server market would kowtow to this sort of demand, whereas the desktop market has no need to care about such a small niche as people who run non-MS OS's..
Obtaining a server and running it as a desktop machine might actually work for me, except for the noise level, which would be entirely unacceptable.
The other alternative is to support businesses that do make & ship desktop PC's with non-MS operating systems, like VG Computing in Melbourne. cheers, Chris -- Chris Samuel : http://www.csamuel.org/ : Melbourne, VIC This email may come with a PGP signature as a file. Do not panic. For more info see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenPGP