I know a business in Millvale where they got "the biggest baddest computer in the store" and said they'd only buy it on the condition that it didn't have Vista. The store they got it from had a sign saying they'd install any OS on a computer you bought there if you supplied the install disk for $129. He gave them his unopened copy of XP Pro, and 22 hours later they took down the sign because it couldn't be done properly. His motherboard is Vista-only and since it's one of those computers where everything is stuffed in the back of the screen (like an iMac, but I think it's a Sony) and everything's integrated, a lot of stuff isn't right. They forced a few drivers for some of the parts, but he has no sound and it pops up driver errors when he boots. The software they need for engraving isn't Vista-compatible though, so he's hoping some random hacker will manage to get a driver for XP. He tried to get his nephew to do it, but h said he didn't know Vista well enough to figure out how its drivers work to even attempt.
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/23/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Bryan J. Smith</b> <<a href="mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org">b.j.smith@ieee.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Mon, 2007-07-23 at 16:32 -0400, Mackenzie Morgan wrote:<br>> From: Bill Gates<br>> Sent: Sunday, January 24, 1999 8:41 AM<br>> TO: Jeff Weslorinon; Ben Fathi<br>> Cc: Carl Stork (Exchange); Nathan Myhrvold; Eric Rudder
<br>> Subject: ACPI extensions<br>> One thing I find myself wondering about is whether we shouldn't try<br>> and make the "ACPI" extensions somehow Windows specific. It seems<br>> unfortunate if we do this work and get our partners to do the work and
<br>> the result is that Linux works great without having to do the work.<br>> Maybe there is no way Io avoid this problem but it does bother me.<br>> Maybe we could define the APIs so that they work well with NT and not
<br>> the others even if they are open. Or maybe we could patent something<br>> related to this.<br>> <a href="http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/">http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/
</a> go to "other<br>> admitted exhibits" then it's number PX 3020<br><br>Yep, it was called the "legacy free PC" and assorted non-sense. Tout a<br>better, newer API, then make it undocumented and proprietary as hell.
<br><br>Not just to prevent Linux from running, but to prevent newer Windows<br>OSes from running on older hardware -- thus requiring new hardware for<br>new software, ala the PC OEM/superstore 2-3 year profit model.<br><br>
Over 90% of American home consumers accept it. They want that faster,<br>newer computer every 2-3 years, and have gladly accepted that a printer<br>or other peripheral upgrade, or some software package, will force them<br>
to upgrade their OS, hardware, etc...<br><br>But the majority of businesses do not, and Microsoft Gold Partners have<br>had a hell of a time selling corporations on new products and lifecycles<br>that require them to replace _all_ systems and software every 2-3 years.
<br><br><br>--<br>Bryan J. Smith Professional, Technical Annoyance<br>mailto:<a href="mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org">b.j.smith@ieee.org</a> <a href="http://thebs413.blogspot.com">http://thebs413.blogspot.com</a><br>
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