__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Friday 23 February 2007 14:24 \__
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> First desktop motherboard supported by LinuxBIOS: GIGABYTE M57SLI-S4
>>
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>>| The GIGABYTE M57SLI-S4 [1] is the first-ever desktop motherboard
>>| supported by a Free & Open Source BIOS, thanks to AMD engineer
>>| Yinghai Lu who released GPL-licensed code last month.
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>> http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0702.2/2347.html
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>
> Umm, now that is something special to consider! I recall looking at
> this project some years ago, and being rather impressed with it. To see
> support for mainstream motherboards like this is excellent.
Maybe the next Dell will have Linux preinstalled /and/ LinuxBIOS. Now, if
only it stopped its illegal kickbacks with WIntel...
Investors sue Dell on payments from Intel: WSJ
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| An investor lawsuit seeking class-action status accuses Dell Inc. of
| improper accounting in its relationship with chip giant Intel,
| according to a media report published Thursday evening.
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| [...]
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| The suit alleges that Dell received at times as much as $1 billion
| a year in "secret and likely illegal" kickbacks in the form of
| "e-Cap" or "exception to corporate average pricing" payments"
| from Intel to ensure that Dell used no other chip supplier,
| according to The Journal.
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/investors-sue-dell-payments-intel/story.aspx?guid=%7B400315B0%2DE375%2D4920%2DB300%2D784220BEFE35%7D&siteid=yhoo&dist=yhoo
To be clear, Dell began stocking a little bit of AMD recently (maybe because
of Alienware), but it seems like lip service... or an illusion of choice...
much like Vista editions... 'choice'... as in you get to choose how many
Ultimate features get locked and disabled.
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