[coreboot] [Fwd: Re: Contact Intel]

[Richard M Stallman]

    Well, sort of. From my experience, which very likely most on this list can 
    share, BIOS is used to cover up defects in the hardware. Thus, it's a PR 
    question, not a technical one.

If that is true, maybe they are making much ado about little.
Suppose there is a problem in the machine that would only affect
users that make changes in the BIOS.  That won't be very bad
publicity.