Release an unencumbered version of the BIOS

The Issue

Lenovo, your laptops are employed by a wide audience of geeks and technology-enthusiasts. We knowingly pay a premium for quality and openness. This trend of locking down our BIOS from installing equipment we wish to install is detrimental to the community that purchases your laptops, detrimental to your reputation, and detrimental to your returning business. We request the option to purchase third-party miniPCI-E and NGFF cards and install them into the laptops we purchased.

The undersigned demands an end to your restrictive policy of imposing a whitelist.

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The Issue

Lenovo, your laptops are employed by a wide audience of geeks and technology-enthusiasts. We knowingly pay a premium for quality and openness. This trend of locking down our BIOS from installing equipment we wish to install is detrimental to the community that purchases your laptops, detrimental to your reputation, and detrimental to your returning business. We request the option to purchase third-party miniPCI-E and NGFF cards and install them into the laptops we purchased.

The undersigned demands an end to your restrictive policy of imposing a whitelist.

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The Decision Makers

Yang Yuanqing
Yang Yuanqing
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Peter Hortensius
Peter Hortensius
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Liu Jun
Liu Jun
Executive Vice President; President, Mobile Business Group
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Petition created on May 23, 2014