Last week, Linus Torvalds wailed on a Red Hat developer over something called Secure Boot. He used bad words, and I'd describe the response across the community as equal parts confusion and hyperbole. This isn't surprising. Microsoft is involved. Unfortunately, it's almost impossible to figure out exactly what the argument is about. The technical argument … Continue reading Why Secure Boot makes people freak out.
Tag: microsoft
Purdue means progress
Open Source and Open Standards
Open standards are motherhood and apple pie – they ensure a level playing field in which many implementations can compete against each other, keep the barrier to participation low for newcomers, will outlive any given company, and ensure that systems can communicate with each other with a minimum of fuss. In other words, open standards … Continue reading Open Source and Open Standards

