____/ [H]omer on Monday 11 February 2008 17:31 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>
>> There is always the possibility that they received incentives to
>> ignore all but one platform. There are past cases which prove this,
>> but I'm not sure about GPUs.
>
> Well just take a look at the clandestine relationship these manufactures
> have with Microsoft WRT DirectX, effectively tying the hardware directly
> to a single proprietary software vendor's platform. It is mainly because
> of DirectX that there are so few commercial games available for Linux or
> the Mac.
>
> Then there's the cosy little relationship between Intel and Microsoft. I
> hear MS gets preferential access to microcode updates, according to Theo
> de Raadt.
>
> To paraphrase that famous article "He Who Controls the Hardware".
And "Intel is Only Open... for Business"
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~~ Best of wishes
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