Fedora’s Matthew Garrett explains his position very good. The "UEFI Forum", which controls the Standard, is made up of computing industry representatives includ

Fedora’s Matthew Garrett explains his position very good. The "UEFI Forum", which controls the Standard, is made up of computing industry representatives including Microsoft, Apple, Intel, AMD, and a handful of computer manufacturers. http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/12368.html http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/12368.html This a more technical perspective: http://www.rodsbooks.com/efi-bootloaders/secureboot.html http://www.rodsbooks.com/efi-bootloaders/secureboot.html The day people start doing more than watching youtube videos with their ARM computers is certainly a possible future. Smartphones are becoming a stronger selling factor than the PC industry. We all agree that the future is mobile and everbody is betting on this future. Although not a BIOS disadvantage per se, switching from EFI mode to BIOS mode requires re-installing your OS(es), or at least reconfiguring their boot loaders.