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Asus to embed Linux on all motherboards
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| Splashtop is not the only such product on the market. A year ago, BIOS vendor
| Phoenix Technology launched HyperSpace, an equivalent that has yet to turn up
| on PCs in any numbers. Microsoft's view on the movement to embed cut-down
| operating systems is not known, but Phoenix did launch a pre-emptive strike
| against it to stop it blocking HyperSpace using restrictive Vista end-user
| license agreements (EULAs). Microsoft relented.
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http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?newsID=101513&pagtype=samechan
An antitrust complaint forced Microsoft to change the EULA -- a change it tried
to characterise as 'goodwill' (details below).
Asus to ship all motherboards with Linux
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| And, for many casual computer users who make use of web-based applications
| exclusively, Splashtop Linux might be all the operating system they ever
| need.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/05/14/asus-ship-motherboards-linux
Huge win for Linux. The press underplays it.
Related:
This is why I’ll always remain a Microsoft skeptic
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| But the real reason for Microsoft’s capitulation became clear on March 7 via
| a new joint-status report in the Microsoft-Department of Justice case. It
| turns out BIOS maker Phoenix Technologies (a long-time Microsoft partner)
| filed a complaint with antitrust regulators about Microsoft’s virtualization
| restrictions.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1256
New Phoenix BIOS will run Linux apps when Windows fails
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| The basic concept is that an embedded Linux OS will accompany the core system
| firmware or BIOS, allowing instant-on applications to be run from it at any
| time.
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http://www.betanews.com/article/New_Phoenix_BIOS_will_run_Linux_apps_when_Windows_fails/1202928412
Phoenix HyperSpace: Quick-Boot Your Laptop
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| Phoenix Technologies' new HyperSpace is an instant-on environment for
| laptops, letting users launch a browser or other apps with booting into the
| OS.
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| Today, Phoenix Technologies introduced a firmware product called HyperSpace,
| which allows PCs to run a number of applications separate from the operating
| system. What that means is that if you use a PC equipped with HyperSpace, you
| will be able to quick-boot your notebook into a secure Linux environment,
| where you can use Web browsers like FireFox and pre-loaded Web-aware apps
| like Google Earth, Picasa, and the like.
|
| [...]
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| Also, since HyperSpace is a Linux-based platform, Windows viruses won't
| affect it.
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2211507,00.asp
Microsoft nonchalant about Phoenix assault on Windows
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| BIOS maker Phoenix Technologies Ltd.'s plans to market a new application
| platform the company claims will solve a number of problems endemic to
| Microsoft's Windows platform might be taken as a provocative gesture at their
| longtime partner. But Redmond's immediate reaction was nonchalant.
|
| On Monday, the Milpitas, Calif. software maker announced Hyperspace, a
| Linux-based virtualization platform that will let OEMs bundle cut-down
| versions of popular open-source software that end users will be able to
| access instantly, even without booting Windows.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=software&articleId=9045662&taxonomyId=18&intsrc=kc_top
http://tinyurl.com/3depfj
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