On Sat, 4 Oct 2003 14:24:47 -0700 rikona <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
> H> A deal with BIOS maker Phoenix Technologies would allow the > H> operating system to directly control hardware. > > Hardware control is the holy grail. The US gov't tried it back a bit > by trying to get a chip in most everything electronic. Public howl > finally defeated that, but it was close. It was clear that the media > giants would try again. I guess it's easier to just go to M$ and have > them do it. > > > H> Looks like our next target is this "Phoenix Technologies". > > Try to spread the word: check carefully and NEVER buy any computer > with a Phoenix BIOS. > > I thought Palladium was bad. This is ridiculous!!!! It is the same > chip-in-everything idea that was defeated before, but cast in a > slightly different light. This time, unfortunately, it has the might > of M$ behind it. Bad news. > > On the other hand, it might p*ss off enough people that linux will > begin to look much more attractive. M$ probably realizes this too, and > might do things to make our life difficult (again, authorization > control is the key). This got covered pretty heavily on the local LUG list, and it seems Linux may very well be able to simply go around this in most cases anyway: Quote: "In any case, Linux only uses the BIOS to a very limited degree, and it can even bypass PnP in the BIOS so one wonders how much it matters that MS-Windows will be so closely tied to the BIOS." I'd *really* like to hear Tom's thoughts on that one. Also, someone posted a link to this: http://www.openbios.org/ Cheers! -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Man's reach must exceed his grasp, for why else the heavens?
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