Chavo said: > > Does this mean that in future if I desire to buy intel hardware and use > it with open-source software such as Debian, the hardware would prevent > me from doing this or open-source software would be deteriorated in its > performance. I am curious because am a dedicated open-source fan and user
I have no doubt that is the goal of some people including MS, whether or not they will actually be able to achieve it is another question. with big companies like IBM, AMD, and Intel supporting linux I find it hard to believe at least in the short term(3-5 years) they would turn on it. AMD is in the better spot then Intel right now. From what I've read they only plan to integrate DRM into their chipsets. Which means their CPUs will be clean(at least for the moment). That leaves other companies such as VIA and SIS to make chipsets(infact all of my AMD machines are VIA chipsets) that are DRM-free. I haven't heard whether or not VIA or SIS(or others) will do DRM or not. If all else fails there is always PowerPC, Sparc, and Alpha(for a while anyways). I'm thinkin about gettin a modern mac and throwing debian on it, maybe when the next rev of chips comes out. It may be another 8 years though until this DRM thing really takes hold(if it takes hold), theres too many computers out there running old shit to make it really worthwhile to use(chicken and egg problem I guess). Because of this, I think Linux has a great chance to expand the userbase by a significant amount(and is doing so). People/businesses will be making the choice of whether to jump to (whatever comes after winXP), or to something different. More and more(esp overseas) are jumping ship. Sorta like a chain reaction :) nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
