Having a signed bootloader means absolutely nothing. The developers over at XDA find ways to root phones. Sure it may take some time, but they always get it done.
Really? It's been 7 months for the Moto Milestone and still nothing complete on the bootloader front. Just how long do you want to wait?????
I also believe that the digital encryption that Moto is starting to use is virtually impossible to crack. The only option is to find a weakness to go around the bootloader and basically not use it. At least on the Droid they didn't require that the bootloader only run digitally signed ROMs. With the Milestone and newer phones, Moto has built the bootloader in such a way that it will not run ROMs unless they have this digital signature.
This digital encryption is much stronger than the average "locked" bootloader that other manufactures have been using. So there is a BIG difference.
I was really excited about the Droid X, but after learning more about the Moto encryption, I am not going to rush out and buy it. I'll either wait for it to be hacked, or more likely will be buying one of the "newer releases" later this year - whichever has been cracked/announced first.
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