> [From a friend...]
> > 
> > i've been reading disturbing news that Intel's and Micro$oft's new PC Bus inititative
> > (Called I2O) has developer documentation which is available only with the payment
> > of hefty licence fees. Furthermore, developers have to promise not to release any
> > information on this interface, nor any source code for any drivers that they develop
> > fot I2O. Even if you can get information to write drivers, 
> > you will be banned from distributing those drivers. This will wreak havoc on 
> > free OSs like linux and freeBSD.
> > more information from: www.i2osig.org

In the "Good Old Days" wasn't this called collusion?

-Andrew
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