UEFI was based on Intel’s earlier EFI. In 2005, the UEFI Forum was formed to develop it from there. Microsoft was just one company involved in the development of UEFI.
Am I a conspiracy theorist here? MS was just one vote of many parties creating UEFI? They, as dedicated, equal stakeholders were committed to the idea that any abstraction, complexity, or cost of integration of the technology must only be created for the sole purpose of empowering the hardware owner to have a more secure device?
UEFI was based on Intel’s earlier EFI. In 2005, the UEFI Forum was formed to develop it from there. Microsoft was just one company involved in the development of UEFI.
Am I a conspiracy theorist here? MS was just one vote of many parties creating UEFI? They, as dedicated, equal stakeholders were committed to the idea that any abstraction, complexity, or cost of integration of the technology must only be created for the sole purpose of empowering the hardware owner to have a more secure device?