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Secure Boot, No Thanks

Secure Boot, No Thanks

Posted Jan 8, 2013 18:19 UTC (Tue) by nix (subscriber, #2304)
In reply to: Secure Boot, No Thanks by dlang
Parent article: The H Year: 2012's Wins, Fails and Mehs

No, they were (insanely specific) tests to detect {MS|IBM}-DOS and fail if not found. It just so happens that there was only one DOS-compatible competitor to the {MS|IBM}-DOS hegemony... how convenient.


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