The LinuxBIOS project has already been doing this. So if Microsoft does the 
same thing then it's monopoly power? :)

At 04:18 AM 10/4/2003 -0500, you wrote:

> >From Slashdot:
>
>Posted by <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>michael on Friday October 
>03, @06:38PM
>from the bios-ain't-done-till-linux-won't-run dept.
>dtjohnson writes "According to this story, Microsoft has entered into an 
>agreement with BIOS maker Phoenix Technologies to 
><http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/developer/0,39020387,39116902,00.htm>integrate
> 
>the BIOS with Windows. This has the potential to turn PCs into 
>Windows-only machines and also could result in widespread incorporation of 
>Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology into new PCs. It looks like 
>Microsoft is beginning to flex their marketplace monopoly muscles again, 
>after taking a couple of years off."
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