Story: Microsoft moves to integrate Windows with BIOS

Story: Microsoft moves to integrate Windows with BIOS

1. Bull. To put it mildly. Anyone with half a brain (... Jeff Partridge
2. Microsoft's plan to integrate the operating system... Phil A
3. OH, GREAT. Soon we'll have viruses infecting not o... Anonymous
4. Can't they keep their hands off of anything? I've... Jeff A.
5. Ok..it takes A LOT to scare me. This scares me. Dan
6. They are trying to rule the wold but will fail. Mo... Anonymous
7. Gatezooks Batman! Can Bill be stealing another App... Michel Levesque
8. Phoenix is only one of the many global organsation... Adebayo Omo-Dare
9. An attempt to squelch Linux? Hm... They're not s... Laura
10. just boycot any mobo with that bios.. that takes... joeldg
11. TO ALL WHO ARGUE THAT WE HAVE A CHOICE: Yes,... Anonymous
12. This article is about to get posted on slashdot, h... Anonymous
13. "The BIOS would also allow better control of unaut... Jim Storch
14. Wow, that's the last Phoenix bios I buy, shame too... edfardos
15. Good news! Microsoft is trying to take over yet a... Anonymous
16. As Michel Levesque said, Apple has been doing this... John Thurlow
17. someone need to shurdown Microsoft. I hope some gr... Anonymous
18. The anti-MS sentiments here are pathetic... Micros... Anonymous
19. I flat out refuse to buy a motherboard with a Wind... Sean Darrenkamp
20. Uhhhh ....it´s gonna be messy I´d guess . I very m... Winston Graeme
21. might want to spell authorized as authorized and n... Anonymous
22. This is ZDNet.co.uk. In the UK authorized is spelt... Anonymous
23. Thats opening the door to windows virus that will... blackcomb
24. Re: What Apple does When Microsoft startes making... Anonymous
25. First SCO kernel lawsuits... now this? What's nex... Gill Bates
26. Provided versions of the BIOS are made available w... Anonymous
27. If people can get around all the MS-Specific stuff... Jerry Leik
28. I beg your pardon, but doesn't this run afoul of t... Anonymous
29. And I thought the only advantage DOS had over CP/M... Mark Harvey
30. R.E: Matthew Broersma You make it sound like Micro... Anonymous
31. We are borg; you are fud. Our daily mantra here at... LinuxIsOverRated
32. I do not like this one bit at all. Microsoft is be... Matt S.
33. I believe, Microsoft will not be able to do such a... Nitrocloud
34. I would just like to know if when Microsoft says t... Eric Damron
35. Time to develop an open-source hardware platform t... g salter
36. Oh.. right.. so another bribe underway. Whats next... Gunblade
37. This stinks. What about the settlement reach rega... Anonymous
38. This is the most selfish thing I heard since I fo... Kris mason
39. It's not complicated that problem its what we call... Michel Plante
40. The Apple model is actually different. They provi... Anonymous
41. *sniff sniff* I smell IBM and MCA here..wonder if... Doug Mayfield
42. What Microsoft and Phoenix are doing is very simil... Ezra
43. I say let them do it!!!! i PESONALLY don't ca... joelol75
44. Just because you're lazy... mutagenesis@gmail.com
45. Also, Open Source... mutagenesis@gmail.com
46. Oh fuck. That thing sucks. Windows was OK for me b... Fast Finn
47. Firstly, If Microsoft were an actual monopoly like... John McKenzie
48. The Roman Empire fell, the supposed Third Rei... Anonymous
49. The Roman Empire fell, the supposed Third Rei... Anonymous
50. You morons act like you don't have a choice. Even... UrbanRiot
51. Yes, but... mutagenesis@gmail.com
52. This *cannot* be allowed to happen. It constitute... ajs318
53. The only difference I see between Apple doing this... Perry Nichols
54. I think Robin Williams said it best on an HBO stan... Nick Balatoni
55. I should also add that my other statement really w... Nick Balatoni
56. The difference being that the software and the har... Facade
57. I think Windows in the BIOS is a great idea. Work... Majik Fox
58. I wish Windows would migrate to a diode and stay t... Anonymous
59. Well... BIOS patch every day and 6 Service Packs p... Anonymous
60. I can see another action against M$. I custom bu... Nigel
61. The real goal should be to eliminate DRIVERS. Mos... john
62. Just proves microsoft wants complete control of ev... Anonymous
63. Isn't this close integration of software and hardw... Anonymous
64. Erm, that's a very, very bad idea. Remember CIH? W... IgGy
65. Microsoft say this will make computers more reliab... Leonard Gore
66. This is so great! I'm really thrilled about this M... Adam Sindelar
67. Well, I think that I quite simply will turn over... Anonymous
68. Will be the last phonix bios for me to unless, the... Kenneth
69. Yeah, why should they try just to hang the parts o... Anonymous
70. BeOS users on the Mac already know what "killing o... Rodrigo de Arcayne
71. Microsoft is an insidious parasite that refuses to... Anonymous
72. All this, not to mention that "integrate"-d code c... Anonymous
73. Someone said that we should lay off Microsoft beca... Linux User
74. I think MS allready lost its anti trust law suit. Anonymous
75. Soon I wont be able to take a dump without MS know... Clay S
76. Well hmm i think it would be stupid for Windows an... JoshsMac
77. As Michel Levesque said, Apple has been doing this... b0lt
78. [quote]The anti-MS sentiments here are pathetic...... Arden
79. One folk, one country, one operating system? Nisse Konkas
80. One of the reasons I use a PC as opposed to a Mac... Anonymous
81. Microsoft with the help of DRM and palladium will... Anonymous
82. thinks.....OS controls BIOS, OS controls software,... Nick Darley-Jones
83. good move microsoft ,people how don't like it ,wil... Olivier Rallon
84. I think it is atrocious that Microsoft wants to co... Steven Thompson
85. Monopoly anyone? Alienate such a group of users as... Anonymous
86. OK, so we can put an OS on a motherboard chip with... Anonymous
87. They're going to have to make this a bloody good O... Charles
88. Like any smart consumer, I think this is a step in... Bob Lablah
89. Where does this place Intel's Vanderpool? (Multi-O... Chiral
90. Microsoft's tentacles are not and never will be wi... Anonymous
91. I really do not think that most people will not go... David Ross
92. Crime'o'soft still tryin' to control the world...... Dam - France
93. There's a first. Microsoft and security spoken in... Munch
94. This is a BAD IDEA I hav mi own idea. It is not fi... http://zzo38computer.cjb.net/
95. I have just come out of a situation where, if the... Anonymous
96. One more time, Micro$oft shows us his voluntee for... Morithil Gaeldîr
97. What is the alternative , if this happens, someone... willy willcome
98. are particular BIOS developer tied to specific mob... Anonymous
99. Our lovely friends at Microsoft© have decided to t... Phlux
100. I'm just disgusted. David Ammouial
101. Thats f*ck'n computer communism! Nick Anderson
102. I remember that Kro$oft cried out about GNU/Linux... yaen pujol
103. I can see it now. A Microsoft website devoted to... Anonymous
104. What would you like to see in the future MIcrosoft... Anonymous
105. I would like to see a small penguin prominent... mustals
106. hmhmhm, If you have been in the industry as long... Dave
107. In the good ole times of the Sinclair SPECTRUM (tm... Dragos Dinescu
108. You've got to be kidding! Let's open a new can of... Mr BOB
109. just who does bill gates think he is?. an arr... Anonymous
110. bios v1.3.............blue screen of death Anonymous
111. Hands off the hardware, Gates, or I go Linux passerby
112. My worries are that when computers are sold with t... Richard Dean

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