Re: The Achilles Heel Of Secure Boot: Certificate Revocation

Rich <[email protected]> wrote:
> Oregonian Haruspex <[email protected]> wrote:
>> what I don’t get is people who use it at home.
>> That’s just nutty.
> 
> That is often a result of:
> 
> 1) purchases a computer from retailer X -- computer comes pre-installed 
>    with windows (because of MS predatory contract terms);
> 
> 2) buyer uses what came with the computer they just purchased ....
> 
> 
> There are a great many who simply have no idea that there is even the 
> possibility of running an OS on their computer /other/ than what was 
> already installed for them when the bought it from retailer X.
> 
> 

That’s just sad and pitiful. It’s like buying the car you saw on TV, not
knowing they make more than one car. How could anybody not know basic
computer stuff by now?