As stated, they are not paying M$, they are paying Verisign a TOTAL of $99 for a certificate they can use to sign their software.  This is not worth the time to discuss it.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 6:41 PM, Wayne Davis <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:waydavis.phx.lists@gmail.com" target="_blank">waydavis.phx.lists@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><a href="http://dangerousprototypes.com/2012/06/04/fedora-pays-m-boot-tax-to-access-consumers-hardware/" target="_blank">http://dangerousprototypes.<u></u>com/2012/06/04/fedora-pays-m-<u></u>boot-tax-to-access-consumers-<u></u>hardware/</a><br>

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Curious to see what the take is on this amongst the PLUG users.  Is this a lot about nothing or the beginnings of a real problem?<br>
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