__/ [ [H]omer ] on Thursday 19 April 2007 18:29 \__
> Verily I say unto thee, that Kier spake thusly:
>> On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:37:16 +0200, Guy Fawkes wrote:
>>
>>> I was afraid this would happen. It wouldn't surprise me that Linux also
>>> will have trouble installing on a Vista-ready laptop. My guess is that
>>> Microsoft has engineered the hardware in such a way that only Vista will
>>> install on it and no other OS, just to throw sand in Linux's engine.
>>>
>>> Has anyone managed to install Linux on a Vista-ready PC?
>>
>> Dropped Ubuntu (and later openSUSE) on my new Dell laptop, which had Vista
>> Home Premium on it when I bought it. The only thing not working is the
>> wireless nic and that's a Braodcom based one which needs a little more
>> work onit to get going than I'm prepared to do just now.
>>
>> There's always going to be harware wihich isn't yet supported in Linux,
>> regardless of whether it has XP or Vista on it so check *before* you buy.
>>
>> I think your tinfoil hat is on too tight.
>
> Will it be paranoia, if Microsoft essentially controls the BIOS?
>
> Then again, people have jemmied Linux into all sorts of things,
> including Microsoft's eXb0rks, so I personally am not that worried,
> other than about the possibility that in future Linux may need to be
> "hacked" into PCs, because Microsoft locked down the BIOS.
>
> Hardly ideal, is it?
>
> And other than the inconvenience factor, there is also the question of
> moral principles. How can it be legal for Microsoft to do that? Not that
> the law or morality ever stopped Microsoft before, or even slowed them
> down.
>
> And what of the future of "pre-installed" Linux, in an industry
> dominated by mobos with a "Windows-only BIOS"?
>
> The TCG nightmare has officially arrived, don't pretend it hasn't!
> Ignore it, and it'll turn around and bite you.
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| From: Bill Gates
| Sent: Sunday, January 24, 1999 8:41 AM
| To: Jeff Westorinen; Ben Fathi
| Cc: Carl Stork (Exchange); Nathan Myhrvold; Eric Rudder
| Subject: ACPI extensions
|
| One thing I find myself wondering about is whether we shouldn't try
| and make the "ACPI" extensions som
|
| It seems unfortunate if we do this work and get our partners to do the
| work and the results is that Linux w
|
| Maybe there is no way to avoid this problem but it does bother me.
|
| Maybe we could define the APIs so that they work well with NT and not
| the others even if they are open.
|
| Or maybe we could patent something related to this.
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