Re: UEFI needs to *JUST* *DIE*
Intel ME and such has NOTHING to do with UEFI.
UEFI does add features, such as boot management without resorting to another layer like GRUB. Decent PXE support without using iPXE, etc. Also having your OS being able to write to the UEFI "console" and having that automatically go to the local screen, IPMI serial redirection, etc without having to reconfigure the OS ISO to point to an emulated serial port is awesome!
UEFI isn't tied to Intel. The same people making your old buggy BIOS is also making your new buggy UEFI, just without the last 40+ years of legacy crap that they're having to emulate.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
