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I do not upgrade every 3 years
The interest in the bios is going to be a min. of 14 years due to copyright. I believe the patent died with IBM. It is possible to improve on it, and repatent a new idea. Will look it up sometime. Going to hang onto your computer for 14 years?

Let's see a $5 eprom chip x 2% for royalities = 10 cents. That is if they have a patent. They make money on volume. Don't want to bankrupt you Stallman, you cheap SOB.

Hardware companies are not going to release specifics so they become cheap commodities for open source.
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Another attack on employment  osreinstall | 02/28/05
I don't see it as such  voska | 02/28/05
IBM gave the specs in 1981  osreinstall | 02/28/05
Chipsets are already commodities  John L. Ries | 02/28/05
Not all chipsets  osreinstall | 02/28/05
Personally I think Stallman is off his rocker  voska | 03/01/05
Can't handle competition huh?  Squawkbox | 03/01/05
squawker  osreinstall | 03/01/05
BAD Idea  htotten | 02/28/05
Open-sourcing Ethernet  John L. Ries | 02/28/05
What for?  osreinstall | 02/28/05
Not everyone does the 3-year upgrade cycle (NT)  John L. Ries | 02/28/05
I do not upgrade every 3 years  osreinstall | 02/28/05
I do..  Patrick Jones | 03/01/05
but they don't.  maxo_z | 03/01/05
The mhz race is over  osreinstall | 03/01/05
Good point  voska | 03/01/05
Foundation wants more of the PC to be free  Loverock Davidson | 02/28/05
Question(s)  Patrick Jones | 03/01/05
Having worked for one of the top three ...  ShadeTree | 02/28/05
...and OSs that require certain details remain protected...  Root User | 03/01/05
So in reply to what I thought was a well thought out ...  ShadeTree | 03/01/05
Of course they do  CobraA1 | 02/28/05
Message has been deleted.  iqula22 | 03/01/05
As long as he doesn't mandate its his way or no way  FilledOut | 03/01/05
My 20 year old vision nears reality  Roger Ramjet | 03/01/05
This was done with the ...  ShadeTree | 03/01/05
where can I buy this then?  voska | 03/01/05
Go to your local landfill it's free happy  osreinstall | 03/01/05
I don't know if it is still commercially available but it was called the ..  ShadeTree | 03/01/05
You are going the wrong way  osreinstall | 03/01/05
Man you guy's all missed the key point  Linux User 147560 | 03/01/05
And you are missing reality  osreinstall | 03/01/05
Whole PC should be free  FilledOut | 03/06/05

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