On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 8:03 PM, Konstantin Olchanski
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> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 02:35:32PM -0500, Tom H wrote:
>>
>> I wouldn't be surprised if SB became "un-disable-able" in the next few
>> years. We'd then have to use an MS-signed shim to boot, as is now the
>> case with the default Fedora and Ubuntu SB setups.
>
> I am not worried. In a few years MS will be the go-daddy for getting SB
> keys. Will give them to anybody with a working credit card number.
>
> Today, if you want to run a web site, you have to pay the SSL certificate
> tax, and nobody complains, everybody is happy.
>
> Tomorrow, if you want to run your own linux kernels, you will have to
> pay the SB-certificate tax, and it will be the same, nobody complains,
> everybody is happy.

I'm not worried either although I wonder whether the USD 99 will
become a time-limited fee rather than a one-time one.