[ale] MS BIOS

[Greg]

It would be a good time for SUN to step in, though I doubt the greedy little
so and so's that run SUN have the foresight to do anything about it.  I
thought for a time they were on the right track with the SunBlade desktops,
but I was incorrect.  They are still behind in chip development it seems and
they appear to not give a fig when it comes to sharing specs with Open
Source types. Forget Solaris and Java, hw (I think) is where the $$ come
from for them and I wish they would look at something besides huge servers.

I just hope that AMD and Apple don't go along because I have my heart set on
a double processor 64 bit machine for my next desktop - though my Atholon XP
1800+ seems to still take on everything I throw at it, so it will be a long
time until I buy anything else.

Well - it is par for the course.  This week my job is officially going .NET
( I was praying for a miracle and hoping it would be Java).

Fortunately I just got some books to salve my soul - The Zen of Programming
by James, TCP/IP Illustrated Vol I, and Advanced Programming in the Unix
Environment by Stevens (God rest his soul).

And now for some soothing reading/coding ....

Greg

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org]On Behalf Of Irv
> Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 8:41 AM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] MS BIOS
>
>
> On Saturday 04 October 2003 01:28 pm, Jeff Rose wrote:
> > who wants to bet that 'unauthorized' software, /*linux*/ won't run on
> > phoenix bios.  Hopefully in 2 years time when this gets implemented,
> > linux will be sufficiently widespread that phoenix will have a hard time
> > selling this crap.  Actually I'm curious to see Windows' users reactions
> > when they can no longer download, and play their pirated mp3's and
> > software.  Since most of them can't/won't turn DRM off, I wonder if they
> > will make the switch to another platform or fall in line when they
> > realize they don't control their computers.  MS is betting they can herd
> > them.
>
> I'm almost certain that Linux wouldn't be allowed to run. But this may
> have some positive effects. Such as a massive lawsuit (probably lead
> by IBM), and joined by many other OS and software firms against
> Microsoft. Probable further anit-trust actions by governments, and a
> strengthening of Microsoft's competitors.
>
> Computers wear out / become obsolete, so when it comes time to
> upgrade, I bet that a LOT of people will chose to buy Apples instead
> of the crippled Windows boxes.
>
> > I think now is the time for linux on the desktop to kick into
> > high gear.  If someone can offer a super easy distro when Longhorn comes
> > out, we may yet see the MS empire fall.
>
> Barring a law which requires every citizen to purchase and use a
> Microsoft product. That wouldn't surprise me.
>
> Irv
>
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