The "slotboard" nears reality
Roger Ramjet | 03/07/05
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That was done years ago!
B.O.F.H. | 03/07/05
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All the same slots
Roger Ramjet | 03/07/05
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If that is all you want to do...
B.O.F.H. | 03/07/05
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Backplane - Think Archistrat Servers
Spikey_Mike | 03/07/05
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Has existed for over 20 years
ShadeTree | 03/07/05
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Of course I am buying AMD (2 years already)
beli0135 | 03/07/05
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Already have a AMD cpu
nelson.robert@... | 03/07/05
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All my machines are AMD
Chad_z | 03/07/05
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DRM and BIOS
Roger Ramjet | 03/07/05
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Actually...
No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/07/05
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DRM will be buried in the CPU...
Henry Miller | 03/07/05
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Can you say VIA?
Roger Ramjet | 03/07/05
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Yes I do
osreinstall | 03/07/05
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The DRM that people are concerned with ...
ShadeTree | 03/07/05
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Basic misunderstanding how DRM works.
ShadeTree | 03/07/05
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Question..
Patrick Jones | 03/07/05
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No at all.
ShadeTree | 03/07/05
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Interesting...
Patrick Jones | 03/08/05
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Simple
Roger Ramjet | 03/08/05
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To protect it from other software
ZzSmirKzZ | 03/08/05
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TCI and DRM
ShadeTree | 03/08/05
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Thanks...
Patrick Jones | 03/08/05
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RE: Thanks
ShadeTree | 03/08/05
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That's true
Michael Kelly | 03/07/05
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DRM is not a BIOS driven thing.
ShadeTree | 03/07/05
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Does that mean
Michael Kelly | 03/07/05
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For now ...
ShadeTree | 03/07/05
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Intel has had funny stuff going on...
wizzzer | 03/07/05
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DRM lockdown on ONE machine
nrozanov | 03/08/05
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Can't think of any reason I would care at all.
No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/07/05
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Eliminate Everything But The First Two Words Of Your Post Title
itanalyst | 03/07/05
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You wouldn't..
Patrick Jones | 03/07/05
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So why is it so important to you there is a free bios?
balsover | 03/07/05
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Now is not the problem..
Patrick Jones | 03/07/05
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Don't like DRM?
balsover | 03/07/05
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DRM will never be a non-issue for me.
Patrick Jones | 03/07/05
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DRM has existed long before it was called that
Michael Kelly | 03/07/05
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nope - your wrong
JasonL31 | 03/08/05
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This sounds like trouble...
Wolfie2K3 | 03/10/05
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That's probably because
Michael Kelly | 03/07/05
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The only reason for placing Linux in the BIOS
balsover | 03/07/05
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So in other words
Michael Kelly | 03/07/05
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Not really
balsover | 03/07/05
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The people writing the BIOS are not the same people ...
ShadeTree | 03/07/05
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yep, as long as we don't start having WinBios viruses in the future
JasonL31 | 03/08/05
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BIOSes by their vary nature are OS ....
ShadeTree | 03/08/05
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Sounds familiar...
jmills@... | 03/08/05
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too typical a reply of the masses
j-dawg | 03/07/05
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no-ax - we know you don't care
JasonL31 | 03/08/05
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I Understand
DanaBlankenhorn | 03/08/05
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Buying AMD (and Cyrix before that)
Omch'Ar | 03/07/05
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Having worked for one of the top three...
ShadeTree | 03/07/05
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Why?
jmills@... | 03/08/05
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never seen stallman before.....
JoeMama_z | 03/07/05
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close to my first thought..
Monkey_MCSE | 03/07/05
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First thing I thought of...
rapson | 03/07/05
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Almost exactly what I thought of
Michael Kelly | 03/07/05
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That movie rocks!
Patrick Jones | 03/07/05
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Answer is yes
Roger Ramjet | 03/07/05
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I had some contact with him a few years ago
j.m.galvin | 03/07/05
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He looks a lot like Rasputin
osreinstall | 03/07/05
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I like paying for software
joeivie@... | 03/07/05
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The BIOS or Basic Input Output System does ...
ShadeTree | 03/07/05
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Says you
Michael Kelly | 03/07/05
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Submit your request to MR. Bios
osreinstall | 03/07/05
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There will always be cases where a ...
ShadeTree | 03/07/05
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Yeah Intel is one of them
voska | 03/07/05
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Please explain ...
ShadeTree | 03/07/05
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Debateable
Michael Kelly | 03/07/05
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AMI and Phoenix who write 99% of all ...
ShadeTree | 03/08/05
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So...
Patrick Jones | 03/08/05
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Are you now going to buy....
Stewart Cannon | 03/07/05
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I wanna be free to choose my CPU!
lucazappa | 03/07/05
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My last Intel processor was a dual Pentium Pro 200 server...
sargon_z | 03/07/05
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Don't want free BIOS to compromise my machine
Prognosticator | 03/07/05
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do you want a WinBIOS?
JasonL31 | 03/08/05
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Blah, blah, blah
jmills@... | 03/08/05
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yes
kakijankhan@... | 03/07/05
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Tie Breaker
zztong | 03/08/05
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I will, don't want to WinBios here
JasonL31 | 03/08/05
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A free BIOS is important
evangelinux | 03/08/05
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