On 9/3/06, Kevin Purcell kevinpurcell@pobox.com wrote:
(not a troll)
What would be the selling point to the laptop maker of using LinuxBIOS?
Why would they want LinuxBIOS rather than buying (and modifying) a solution from a commercial BIOS company and their CPU/chipset(s) suppliers?
many things that go beyond the bios. you cant make an argument with the bios alone. you have to show what an open bios would bring and actually link that to higher sales. for example if it allows ubiquitous computing where you would rather use your laptop instead of pen and paper then that would be convincing. instant accessibility is a very big thing now. imagine getting a phone call and your super compact laptop is off. you turn it on then wait for it to bootup. then you login and wait a little more. then you look for that text editor. then when you find it you double click on it. then you start typing notes on it then you need to look at contacts then you need to lookup your to do list. you would rather have a common low cost paper based organizer. now if your pc can bootup in 3 seconds that changes a whole lot of things. with software suspend you can have almost instant access to your apps. you can leave your whole office suite "running" all the time without killing your batteries. or burning your lap. now thats a convincing argument.