I agree.
It looks like all the Distro's will have to jump on the bandwagon so to speak in order to be used by the new Windows 8 boxes.
Then in this case, why are all the distro's having to shell out to get a licence key from Microsoft?
I know of a lot of small distro's that dont produce any income, and pay for their webspace out of their own pocket.
Why are we going to force them to purchase a key to allow their distro to run on a Windows 8 box?
If they don't want Secure Boot then the user can turn it off.
If they do want secure boot then it needs to be signed by _someone_, and none of the Linux distributors have been willing to step forward and be that someone.
Then in this case, why are all the distro's having to shell out to get a licence key from Microsoft? I know of a lot of small distro's that dont produce any income, and pay for their webspace out of their own pocket. Why are we going to force them to purchase a key to allow their distro to run on a Windows 8 box?