Well, I guess the point of this "collaborateur" deal was that: by making Linux bootloaders and distributions go through the MS vetting, getting most Linux distr

Well, I guess the point of this "collaborateur" deal was that: by making Linux bootloaders and distributions go through the MS vetting, getting most Linux distributions signed by MS, perilous as the situation is, we'd still be getting at least a couple more years of Linux distributions booting hassle-free even on Secure Boot systems. We did get an extra decade at least, as you mention, so I think the "collaborateur" effort was not completely wasted. The only thing I would demand from these collaborateurs now is _not_ that they apologize, but that they simply make as much noise as possible since it was MS who changed the deal, not them.