On 19 Oct 2011, at 1951, Always Learning wrote: > On Wed, 2011-10-19 at 19:44 -0500, Phong Nguyen wrote: > >> The OEM/VARs should be providing a UEFI configuration option >> to disable Secure Boot. > > "should" is not MUST. > > Who will compel the Far East PCB manufacturers to introduce 'extras' NOT > required to run Windoze 8 ? > It isn't an "extra", any more than providing an option to change a boot disk is, or setting a BIOS password, or guarding the MBR. They license implementations from a handful of vendors who put that thing in, anyways!
>> "At the end of the day, the customer is in control of their PC. .... > > That has NEVER been true since the introduction of Windoze 95 ! > > A M$ Windoze computer belongs to M$. That is why Linux, BSD, Solaris > etc. are so liberating. > I think you need to take another look at Microsoft.
