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SubjectRe: GGI Project Unhappy On Linux
On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> > But seriously, if there arn't true graphic bioses now there will be soon..
> > Compaq is already putting the bios on a hdd partition..
>
> I think Compaq is an abberration. Everyone hates their solution, and
> the conventional BIOS vendors don't seem to be biting. If anything I
> think the WinBIOS is a half-assed attempt at staving off Compaq.
I remember the AMI WinBIOSes were on the market for a really short period of
time. I'm sure most of you have also seen the IBM ThinkPad BIOS - it looks
nice, but the interface is really an overkill for a task like setting up
the machine BIOS. The interface just makes things slower.

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