Matthew Garrett

You have no direct evidence that Microsoft is going to require OEM or PC vendors to do anything concerning keys generated by Microsoft. I could make the same unfounded statement concerning Red Hat's preferred PC Server and Workstation vendors (HP, IBM, Dell, etc.) using keys issued by Red Hat to lock out their competition like CentOS, Scientific Linux, Slackware, OpenBSD, etc. Try keeping your article on point using the facts instead of speculating. If you find evidence of a vendor producing a PC or PC components that are only valid with keys generated by a OS vendor then call them out publicly so that informed consumers can avoid purchasing these items and help drive sales to other vendors that do not follow these practices. An intelligent article that describes the technical merits and criticisms of UEFI secure boot would be more valuable than an anti-Microsoft article.