__/ [ [H]omer ] on Thursday 12 April 2007 07:44 \__
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>> Amidst Boom, Warning Signs On The Horizon
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Reports about the crack started circulation online a few weeks
>> | ago. The method uses a feature that allows system builders to
>> | qualify new computers as licensed by inserting a short digital
>> | marker in the BIOS. Upon detection of this special marker,
>> | Windows XP and Vista bypass product activation and anti-piracy
>> | checks.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2187590/microsoft-mulls-counterattack
>>
>>
>> Yesterday:
>>
>> WARNING!! There is windows in my.. BIOS!!!!
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | From my laptop's Bios download page
>> |
>> | This BIOS is ONLY for use with Windows Vista. Please do not install this
>> | BIOS for use with Windows XP, or other Windows versions.
>> `----
>>
>>
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?p=2705017#post2705017
>
> The Trusted Computing nightmare begins.
>
> Next stop ...
>
> PhoenixBIOS error: Illegal Operating System. Linux not allowed.
Yes, I was going to mention this. Even chipsm nowadays are not platform
agnostic. One day when Windows is passe we'll look back at our CPU's
'Windows module' and think: "What a waste of wafer..."
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~~ With kind regards
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