zlacker

>>zdw+(OP)
Something to note is that there are special BMC-less motherboards that are made for organisations like the NSA.

That should tell you everything you need to know about the security risks involved.

>>jiggaw+BMb
And of course there's oxide.computer making motherboards with full control of the entire hardware stack running open source software specifically for customers like the Idaho National Laboratory.

>>tinco+sOb
Oxide’s efforts are commendable, but I don’t know what compliance regime their customer adheres to.

In other words, it’s a neat feature, but maybe not one many customers actually request.

>>selkin+H4c
As far as I can tell it's one of their most significant features, and certainly one of its most capital intensive. And I don't know how many startups land institutions like INL as their launching customer, and enough other big enterprise leads to warrant their follow up investment.

If you remove that component from their value prop, they're not that much different from Dell.