Support LinuxBIOS: Pick AMD over Intel
BIOS should be Free Software. The rush for it is ever greater with big hardware companies doing all the nasty things like Treacherous Computing.
AMD vs. Intel was always a close pick for me with both of them appearing equally nice or evil. AMD always won because it turned out to be a bit cheaper most of the time. These days after the 64-bit race and the dual core race I was considering evaluating both of them again. However, AMD just got a big plus. It supported the LinuxBIOS project by co-operating with the developers. Intel did not do so. So I will undoubtedly choose AMD for its a matter of who controls my computer: me or some big US company.
Support the FSF campaign for a Free BIOS. Pick AMD, write to Intel about your decision and annouce your support to bios@gnu.org.
I wrote to Intel and said this:
Dear Intel,
Being a software engineer, I take software freedom very seriously.
Intel has not been cooperative with the LinuxBIOS project which aims
at creating a free BIOS. AMD has been coorperative. I shall pick AMD
CPUs and other products over Intel for this reason and will also
actively pursue my collegues to do so.
(http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html)
Please reconsider your stance.
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Sunil Mohan
on August 7th, 2006 at 3:16 pm
Well keep it up! We support you for the cause. I’ve been supporting AMD for long time (but not for LinuxBIOS) and pursuaded many people to buy AMD for its high performance to price ratio. Thanks for your awareness camaign. Now I have a more valid reason to go for AMD.
I strongly encourage you to write more articles on Open Source.
yours sincerly,
Mallik:)
PS:- Hope you remember meeting me at a Open source campaign hosted by you at Osmania Univ. Engg. College last year. I told you that I woild back to you but couldn’t due to some reasons. Any way I wish to keep in touch with you.I hope you remember the Man in Red
on August 8th, 2006 at 12:57 am
Hey, Thanks for your comment. Please keep in touch.
on November 13th, 2006 at 10:46 am
Dear Sunil,
I would like to meet you some time when you are free. I wish to have some talk with you regarding some technical aspects. I’m providing my mobile no. below. I would be happy if you can call me back. The number is 9949998818.
yours sincerly,
mallik
on March 10th, 2007 at 9:54 am
Hi Mallik,
Sure, lets meet sometime. I shall call you first.
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Sunil