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.