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Stephane Richard wrote:

>           The other part was the problems computer vendors had ridding
> themselves of Windows, Talk to Compaq, and other computer manufacturers,
> Compaq, a couple years ago, attempted to provide Linux as their base OS
> instead of windows.  that was a bad mistake, not in the eyes of computer
> users, but in the eyes of Microsoft it was.  Anyone here remember hearing
> about that?  And now AMD or Pheonix (don't remember which) are making BIOS
> that are Windows only?  Wonder what number on the check was needed to make
> that happen? ;-).

Almost certainly Phoenix.  AMD funded the SuSE work on porting Linux to 
the AMD64 architecture.  And AMD is definitely in Microsoft's good 
graces because 64-bit Windows outperforms Linux on the (AMD) Opteron, 
but almost all Itanium-2 sales seem to be HP-UX or Linux.

-- 
                                          Robert I. Eachus

"Quality is the Buddha. Quality is scientific reality. Quality is the 
goal of Art. It remains to work these concepts into a practical, 
down-to-earth context, and for this there is nothing more practical or 
down-to-earth than what I have been talking about all along...the repair 
of an old motorcycle."  -- from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle 
Maintenance by Robert Pirsig