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On 3/7/23 1:09 PM, Marco Moock wrote:
> Am 07.03.2023 um 09:07:59 Uhr schrieb Carlos E.R.:
> 
>> I only heard some histories, long ago, of some vendors, not
>> Microsoft, selling machines with incorrect firmware that would not
>> allow different installs.
>>
>> Same as there are (were?) motherboards that are designed incompatible
>> with Linux.
> 
> Acer and Medion were candidates where GNU/Linux installation with
> LILO/GRUB was difficult, but still possible.

    Note that if it's difficult ENOUGH then Linux/UNIX gets
    relegated to a crusty few - of no interest to anyone
    else, not used by anyone else either. It becomes a
    "hobby" OS only, no relevance in the world. Development
    pretty much ends. This is the M$/Apple DREAM - total
    uncontested world dominance, all profits for THEM only.

    Then they'll boost the OS cost to a few kilobucks up
    front, and you can't even buy it, just "lease" it.
    Every update, every hour, more $$$ too. Pay-per-View,
    kinda back to the old terminals/server model. TELL
    me the giant push for Online-Only primary apps isn't
    exactly that.

    M$ owns enough Apple stock, and vice-versa, so it barely
    even matters which you buy, they both make money.

    Yea, yea, IBM will have it's own Linux/UNIX-ish OS for
    their big hardware - but YOU ain't gonna be buying those
    mainframes.