Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 02:14:59 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, mike@smith.net.au, wghhicks@ix.netcom.com, mini@d198-232.uoregon.edu, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: x86 gods; advice? Suggestions? Message-ID: <199711100214.TAA10152@usr08.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <199711091531.CAA00402@word.smith.net.au> from "Mike Smith" at Nov 10, 97 02:01:28 am
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> > That last arrow struck home (the others missed, though, if expensive > > is meant in terms of overhead instead of as a subset of proprietary, > > which would make your statement redundant. > > No, expensive is "Ask FirmWorks what it would cost to license their > implementation". Unless you feel like trying to code such a > monstrosity from the specification alone. Well, I already admitted that there should be a free reference implementation if they really want it as the standard. > > Again, you only need to use it once. The code for the OS is similar > > to what I've been pushing in terms of VM86 fallback drivers. You > > don't use it except for the boot, so usability isn't an issue. > > "Only use it once" multiplied by *how* many new users? You and Steve Jobs booting the Macintosh... except Steve is using OpenBoot, isn't he? ;-). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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