Microsoft Center preparing for using secure boot UEFI on Windows 8 certified PCs. are secure boot UEFI and that, as well as the relation to open source?
UEFI firmware interface specification is the successor to the PC'S BIOS is outdated, and secure boot is one of the features of UEFI. Technically, UEFI will load the ' key ' to fit with the ' key ' from the operating system. If the ' key ' is matched, then the OS, in this case Windows 8, will be able to boots.
Microsoft considers features secure boot it is important, because it can block the activation of malware/spyware. Until now, Microsoft is overwhelmed with the behavior of malware/spyware that can interfere with the Windows operating system, because the malware is already loaded even before the operating system is booted.
Often, the options that are available to eliminate malware is just a reinstallation of Windows. Therefore, Microsoft is confident that the activation of secure boot UEFI is a panacea to resolve this problem.
According to the information, Microsoft will ask for PC OEM to secure boot enable features by default, and leave it to the OEM to determine if there will be a feature to disable or not. However, this was criticized by activists of the Open-Source, due to the activation of secure boot UEFI believed to feature can interfere with installing and booting the Linux operating system.
The example of Apple: ' Control Freak '
Microsoft has indeed impressed following Apple to become a ' Control Freak '. So far Apple very successfully with proprietary, and ecosystems are likely to be able to resolve the security problem well.
Looks bad that Apple's proprietary community has been the inspiration for Microsoft to better integrate software/OS to hardware. From the early history of the establishment until now, Apple is one of Microsoft's source of inspiration.
Windows GUI of GUI district inspired early versions of Mac OS. Likewise, the creation of a proprietary Apple community, which clearly it is inversely proportional to the concept of Open Source, this one seems to be a source of inspiration for Microsoft.
Centralized control software/hardware, running well on Apple's proprietary community looks very promising, if run on a Windows PC. Without much fuss, actually Microsoft and Apple is still working, especially for the development of the Mac Office application (Mac version of Microsoft Office) and some other key applications.
In contrast to the retail market, which is controlled by Apple, for desktop/server Microsoft still looms over Apple and triumphant. Therefore, the application of secure boot UEFI on PC desktop/server would have a major influence for this market.
Just did the question, whether the model of proprietary Mac/Apple ecosystem can be applied on a PC, considering market PC is much larger than the Mac/Apple itself? If the system runs on a more limited communities, can be applied to the wider community?
Criticism Against Open Source Features Secure Boot
On the one hand, in the Open Source perspective, if Microsoft is too dependent on proprietary Apple model paradigm, it is absurd. Apple products, especially for the retail market, such as Mac and ipod/phone/pad, all designed for the end user.
Here, the end user are expected not to do the hack against the system, for the user interface was implicated to the end user. There are nuances, Apple's end user don't really care whether the products she use proprietary or open source. Important the product is easy to use.
However, this is in contrast to the market where Microsoft and Linux are now fought. Pragmatism as end user do not apply at all at this point. Here, market is the ' hard core ' computer scientist, who worked as a sysadmin, academia/scientists, and activists of the open source community.
Centralized system model of Apple, which is designed for the end user, clearly questioned their effectiveness if treated in this community. Not surprisingly, if Open Source activists criticize spicy secure boot UEFI policy from Microsoft, because it impressed wanted to implement a centralized model Apple hardware/software.
The Free Software Foundation, as an Open Source activist funnel, has released a petition complaint to Microsoft via the web. There are already several thousand signatures on the petition. In the meantime, behold Apple system proprietary is not considered a direct threat to the open source, because they focus on the retail/consumer market.
Unlike the Microsoft operating system, which is indeed very aligned with market Windows linux operating system, allowing them to be in a position opposite each other.
Apple has chosen to leave the market of high end servers (with termination Mac xserve series servers), so letting Windows and Linux compete out here. In theory, it is ' key ' of Linux OS can be loaded on the UEFI. It's just that this is too time consuming.
