Open Source Madness?
Intel To Release Open-Source Code for BIOS
Intel is releasing new open-source code for the computer boot-up process, now controlled by BIOS -- the oldest software technology in PC platforms. BIOS is what allows computer hardware and software to communicate.
Sun plans to open source Solaris
Sun Microsystems, one of the biggest names in the server world, reported that the company will now make Solaris an open source project. Sun is not sure as to when the move of making Solaris open source will take place at this point.
Add in some “free” hardware, and we're good to go!
Sun's giveaway gamble
...it was the prediction that future hardware may come at no cost that has put the company back on the radar. The comments came from Jonathan Schwartz, the former Sun software chief who has moved up to the president post and who is in charge of trying to turn the troubled company's fortunes around.
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Schwartz says Microsoft's Bill Gates agrees with him that hardware will eventually cost nothing, which is what you might expect when two software executives get together.