Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on February 08, 2007 12:14 AM
Software as a commodity is wonderful...
Hardware as a commodity is even better. We just might be on the cusp of an era where *gasp* the user actually controls the computer. No more will select bits of the hardware be hidden behind a curtain, beyond which only the manufacturer may peer.
It was only a matter of time before someone started doing this. Of course, the cost of entry is much higher than it was for software, so the delay makes sense.
"I am worried about trusted platform and all of the onslaught of DRM," he says, "and I fear that there will be a day when you can't boot a non-trusted operating system on a modern motherboard."
Hasn't this already happened with Apple's hardware? Forgive my ignorance if I happen to be wrong, but I've heard of major difficulties getting Linux to dual boot on the new Intel-based Macs.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on February 08, 2007 12:14 AMHardware as a commodity is even better. We just might be on the cusp of an era where *gasp* the user actually controls the computer. No more will select bits of the hardware be hidden behind a curtain, beyond which only the manufacturer may peer.
It was only a matter of time before someone started doing this. Of course, the cost of entry is much higher than it was for software, so the delay makes sense.
"I am worried about trusted platform and all of the onslaught of DRM," he says, "and I fear that there will be a day when you can't boot a non-trusted operating system on a modern motherboard."
Hasn't this already happened with Apple's hardware? Forgive my ignorance if I happen to be wrong, but I've heard of major difficulties getting Linux to dual boot on the new Intel-based Macs.
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