Re: 'just blow away the existing boot sector'
And when they decide they don't like Linux and remove it they need a Windows geek to restore the Windows bootloader, because like the anti-Windows commentators, the OS doesn't give a toss either once they don't want Linux. As such that Linux still boots Windows is irrelevant. The Linux user installing Windows knows enough to avoid problems; the Windows user installing Linux doesn't (mostly). The real world situation is all that matters, not the childish effort to denigrate Microsoft's vastly superior market-share.