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From: Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 12:44

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Russell Shaw <rjshaw@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message news:<3eb9eaf7_1@news.iprimus.com.au>...
> http://pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php?id=1074796437&eid=-108
> 
> Install linux. Go open-source. Avoid chip makers
> getting in cahoots with an inferior OS.

While I agree this whole idea is deplorable (because it raises the
cost of computer hardware for no good reason), installing Linux will
not forestall this hardware's arrival. The chip makers could care less
what OS you install, as long as you buy new hardware, and do it
frequently.

This security bullshit can be turned off, just as the Pentium III+
serial number can be turned off.

If you run Linux, you shouldn't really care about this "feature",
except to note that the datasheets for the actual hardware will be
vigorously protected and likely no open-source product will ever
support this hardware, save through a closed-source library.

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