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[Discuss] Fighting UEFI



And a restaurant is not a government agency. What's your point?

The Federal Trade Commission *IS* a government agency.
A restaurant is a business dedicated to making money.


On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 9:55 AM, joe at polcari.com <joe at polcari.com> wrote:

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> The use of "a government food safety agency" in your statement is
> absolutely incorrect.
> Microsoft is NOT a government agency, it's a business dedicated to making
> money.
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> *----- Original Message -----*
> *From:* "John Abreau" <abreauj at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Mon, July 30, 2012 9:30
> *Subject:* Re: [Discuss] Fighting UEFI
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> On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 3:33 AM, Tom Metro <tmetro+blu at gmail.com> wrote:
> > But I'm not sure what the remedy is for that, as the concept for Secure> Boot seems sound, and it doesn't seem right that some outside force (an> FTC lawsuit, for example) should compel Microsoft to include in its> "Windows Hardware Certification Requirements" that hardware vendors> *must* include the ability to turn off Secure Boot.
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> Let's apply this logic to other areas of commerce:
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> [I]t doesn't seem right that some outside force (a government food safety
> inspector, for example) should compel a restaurant to include in its
> "Food Preparation Requirements" that ingredients are handled in a manner
> that ensures they won't serve food-borne pathogens to their customers.
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