The article is much more complex than what it would look like from the title, but it is a good idea to keep the pressure on on Microsoft so that they might "soften their position", as is stated in the article.
Originally Windows 8 x86 certification didn't mandate that a disable option must exist. They changed this because of pressure. They won't soften their position just like that, they have a policy and agenda and they will follow it. Just the fact that they will have a SecureBoot stronghold means they can easily tighten their position. The pain doesn't come from the fences being built, it's from taking them away.
Also, all of this pretty much stops new linux penetration, which is a horrible thing.
The windows 8 x86 certification shouldn't need to mandate that a disable option must exist. It was added because people wouldn't trust manufacturers to support anything but Windows.
