Re: Micro$oft

Vladimir Senkov (hangup@inkom.ru)
Thu, 9 Apr 1998 09:51:14 +0400


What if M$ will sell chips with lose2000 for example?
(Chips will be factory programmable . . .)
So, that no other OS can be there . . .
I beleive Gates is f@#$ clever, so he can do something like this . . .
It'll be a good time for a OHF (Open Hardware Foundation, or something
similar :-)

>
>Great, now we wont reboot, we'll replace! Sigh
>
>On Wed, 8 Apr 1998, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
>
>> Info:
>> Micro$oft is funding an Intel Development program to put Windoze in
>> hardware. Targeted for "Laptops" and "Embeded" Systems, the 3-chip
>> "replacement" of the Personal Computer will not ever have to be
>> "booted", Micro$oft claims. This will allow the machine to be turned
>> ON and OFF at will.
>>
>> This information comes from an "untrusted" source who works at
>> Intel's plant in Folsom, California, so take it with a grain of
>> salt.
>>
>> However, if true, such a machine can't "boot" anything. FYI...
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Dick Johnson

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