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I can't get to the article, so I haven't read it yet and can't comment on it specifically. However, pre-emptive concern is not necessarily FUD. A little sabre-rattling can send a signal to manufacturers that they need to provide an option to disable secure boot or they will tick off a vocal customer base. Waiting until someone has actually locked out alternative operating systems is somewhat too late; the point is to prevent them from doing it in the first place.

> Call me back when someone has actually locked out FOSS.

The whole point of this article is to prevent that from ever happening. By the time vendors start implementing this plan it will be too late.

The only 'official' Windows 8 Preview device so far in the wild(commissioned for manufacture by MS) comes with this setting http://cdn.windows7themes.net/pics/windows-8-uefi-secure-boo...