[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