We are not in a communist country (ok, it's fairly communist but it could be
worse) which means that we have a free market economy. If AMD will only let you
run MS on all their chips (which I don't think is likely), then buy Intel. The
whole reason that the x86 market has done so well, is because most components
aren't controlled by a single vendor which promotes competition (unlike the
Apple world where you have to buy a genuine Apple with their ROM chip to run
their OS). If MS is successful in controlling the hardware in the x86 world, I
say great! I think the general use of RISC chips is long overdue. The day that I
cannot run Linux on my machine is not the day I switch to MS, it's the day I go
out and buy a PPC board. The other thing is that law that the article was
talking about would be a US law, so here in Canada you should still be able to
play all the MP3s that you want. It will still be a "free" country as long as we
have competition and a choice of operating systems and hardware platforms.

Jesse

Quoting Trevor Lauder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> Check out this link, all I can say is if this ever does materialize I am
> going to do everything in my power to protect my rights.... even if it
> means breaking this law.  Is this democracy or communism?  Last time I
> checked we lived in a free country.
> 
> http://www.linuxandmain.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=232
> 
> 
> 




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