[kezekiel]

"The one thing we have to worry about first is security. What do you think would happen if there was a virus that started reflashing PCs" BIOS software, said Mike Goldgof, senior vice president of marketing at Phoenix Technologies. "If it ever happened on a large scale, I think a lot of PCs would start turning into bricks. What people take for granted...is the reliability of the (BIOS) firmware today."

So, Goldgof is prepared to assure us that there will be *no* flashing functionality built in to the closed, DRM-enabled BIOS chips? He's willing to promise that Microsoft and Sony won't want to flash the chips to update their DRM schemes? And he's prepared to guarantee that if that functionality is enabled, that hackers won't exploit those holes?

Please. It's been abundantly proven that closed does not mean secure by any stretch of the imagination. Closed products simply perpetuate undue corporate control over our systems. Stallman may be a socialist, but he's right on this one.

[Paridel]

Stallman may be a socialist, but he's right on this one.

Except that there are multiple companies selling PC BIOS.

And I wouldn't buy a DRM enabled BIOS if I could buy one from someone else without it.

How exactly would a DRM enable BIOS work? I'm a little confused. Are you just talking about checking the validity of the operating system before booting? Because after that you don't really need it for much.

-paridel