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Jumping to Conclusions on BIOS, Phoenix, and Windows

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the not-so-fast dept.

tomlasusa writes "In a post on LinuxQuestions.org, user 'chessonly' cites a 2003 article from Networkcomputing.com by writer Steven J. Schuchart as evidence of that Phoenix Technologies has made its BIOS more Windows-friendly — thereby locking out users from using other OSs. In a rebuttal posted at nwc.com, Schuchart says that this is just not true."

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  1. I have an idea that I can make money on by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    The title for this article gave me an idea...
    I need Slashdotter's opinion on this: what do you think of a "jump to conclusions" mat? I could make millions!

    1. Re:I have an idea that I can make money on by Anne+Thwacks · · Score: 5, Funny
      a "jump to conclusions" mat

      A "Jump to delusions" mat would make a lot more money, especially here.

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  2. Hmm.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    A Slashdot post about a Digg story? Now we really have gone too far.

  3. Gogo Shepherd Book! by Kandenshi · · Score: 4, Funny

    This special place in hell you speak of... Is it right next to the level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theate?

    1. Re:Gogo Shepherd Book! by heinousjay · · Score: 4, Funny

      If you don't tell Spiderman that the wall is about to fall on him, then he might not see it. What will happen then, tough guy? Huh? Huh?

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