Writing an End to the Bio of BIOS? 511
An anonymous reader writes "Intel and Microsoft are gearing up to move toward the first major overhaul of the innermost workings of the personal computer. The companies will begin promoting a technology specification called EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface) as a new system for starting up a PC's hardware before its operating system begins loading."
Well if Microsoft's involved.... (Score:5, Funny)
That pretty much sums up the rest of the posts on this. Thanks, let's move on to the next story.
oh great (Score:1, Funny)
back in my day... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:OF? (Score:1, Funny)
What's stopping them from doing that now?
God forbid PCs should boot up more quickly, it MUST be a conspiracy theory to snuff out Linux. Now readjust your tin foil had and get back to whining about every new development at MS.
Does this mean it'll crash before loading Windows? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:So? - What do you mean? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Well if Microsoft's involved.... (Score:5, Funny)
Actually, they're called "trusted" OSes. And if you can't trust Microsoft, then who can you trust?
What about Windows and Linux (Score:4, Funny)
Re:OF? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What about Apple? (Score:5, Funny)
End of BIOS bio (Score:1, Funny)
OF is based on Forth? (Score:2, Funny)
Wasn't Postscript good enough for them?
No wonder it's not hit mainstream.
Re:Gah! DRM in BIOS? Check please! (Score:2, Funny)
Bloated?
The real scoop (Score:5, Funny)
* Start with a leter "e" or "i". "e" is more powerful because it evokes environmentalist images of birds singing, clean water, air, beaches. I is too industrial... Let's go with E
* No StudlyCaps - Too 90s
* Avoid anything that sounds like a computer part from the movie Tron. To 80s.
* Add features that journalists want: pre-os software load (we don't want the OPERATING SYSTEM RUNNING THE COMPUTER), DRM, Support for hard drive loaded modules, and OnStar w/GPS for convenient assistance for law enforcement.
Re:OF? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:No progress for ANYBODY!!!! (Score:3, Funny)