"Secure Boot" Please respond to the following:

Watch the video titled "Secure Boot" (3 m 48 s). Video Source: Technet. (2012, July 27). Secure Boot [Video File]. Retrieved from http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/jj737995.aspx.

Visit the Free Software Foundation Europe Website, and read the article titled, "Secure Boot: Who will control your next computer?", dated June 6, 2012, located at http://fsfe.org/campaigns/generalpurposecomputing/secure-boot-analysis.en.html. Be prepared to discuss.

Visit the ExtremeTech Website, and read the article titled, "Windows 8 Secure Boot: Calm down, Microsoft is simply copying Apple", dated January 17, 2012, located at http://www.extremetech.com/computing/114173-windows-8-secure-boot-calm-down-microsoft-is-simply-copying-apple. Be prepared to discuss.

Answer disussion question

"Secure Boot" Please respond to the following:

From the first and second e-Activities, support or challenge Microsoft's choice to implement Secure Boot technology. Justify your position.

As explained in the third e-Activity, Microsoft has provided the ability to disable Secure Boot on its x86 platform but not on its Windows 8 ARM-based systems (Windows RT). Take a position on whether or not this is an appropriate long-term strategy for Microsoft. Support your position with at least one example that demonstrates the main reasons why its strategy is or is not appropriate.