A deal with BIOS maker Phoenix Technologies would allow the Windows operating system to directly control hardware. It also raises concerns over who controls the software in PCs, ZDNews claims. Elsewhere, a lawsuit faulting Microsoft for security defects in its products has added a new front in the software giant’s battle against vulnerabilities in its software.
Microsoft Moves to Integrate Windows with BIOS
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wasnt that the 10 or 12bit NEW REPLACEMENT FOR 8bit ISA?
my Ip extension is the same as 1000000 other peoples, because we all use the same ISP, —.addr.btopenworld.com it doesnt mean everyone wit tht extension is the same person, ips have sets of numbers and on the end there are sub-ips, eg. 127.0.0.1:234 so they cud just b using the isp
>I would never buy a box with a bios made by MS.
heh, alot of people already have – the xbox.
they’re having a ball of a time too, no thanks to modchips
It is better for Phoenix to start searching for new business. The history shows that whenever MS start to venture into certain fields, there will be company that specialised in that field dying or became zombies.
and this thus, “open.”
It’d be nice if PC’s used OpenFirmware too instead of creating yet another firmware “standard.”
We would also require the dev docs to be available, they’re not currently unless you pay for them 🙁
Luke.
“This is also true for Quake3, Unreal Tournement 2003, and pretty much every other freely playable client-server multiplayer game.”
There are Linux client binaries available for these as well. Half-Life 2 however does not have a client binary.
well done on the worst attempt at describing IP _EVER_
If you wanna try and describe something, at least have half a clue about it
lol its the principle on that people share ips and dns extensions
Ez: “EFI has been mentioned by Intel but why hasn’t it taken off? why are the motherboard and BIOS producers so hell bent on retaining BIOS?”
The EFI on the Itanium systems I used to support used a small Unix-like kernel. It was amusing as hell to setup the system using Unix to then install WinXP 64 bit.
MoronPeeCeeUSR: “I don’t care for DRM but I do like some of the ideas proposed for integrated encryption at the hardware level. Its been needed for a long time.”
The one thing I’m dreading is a virus released 2 weeks after these systems hit the shelf that kills the mobo completely, turning the affected PC into a $2000 paperweight. Or better yet, some incompatibitliy that Microsoft itself releases in a patch that kills it. There will be blood on the walls in Redmond on that day.
If it is forced on everyone, I’m positive Linux can use the features to it’s benefit. Imagine Linux boxes that boot in 3 seconds and use fast, secure encryption. Okay, not too different than what we have today, but you can see the possibilities. If MS blocks any other OS from being installed, MS has painted themselves into a corner. When the hospital, air traffic control, or financial server slags under the next virus or worm, MS will be all alone.
…and next year probably Microsoft.Mind.NET for absulutelly control….