[geeks] "Lord SJobs... ARISE" ... Apple has moved to the Dark Side

[Sandwich Maker]

" From: "Jonathan C. Patschke" <jp at celestrion.net>
" 
" On Thu, 12 Jan 2006, Patrick Giagnocavo 717-201-3366 wrote:
" 
" > EFI has a small bytecoded interpreter that replaces the BIOS
" > functions.  Option ROMs on say, a SCSI card, will be replaced by
" > smallish programs run in the same bytecoded interpreter.
" >
" > Skills in assembler will not be required (IIRC something vaguely C-ish
" > will be used instead); and the bytecoded interpreter can be run on
" > your desktop, so debugging is supposed to be easier.
" 
" I can't help but think someone's done that before.  It might even be an
" IEEE standard.  Surely if something like this already existed, Intel
" wouldn't reinvent the wheel with something that isn't nearly as elegant,
" right?

sure they would - if it was proprietary, and they could charge license
fees...

" Stupid PC wankers.  Maybe next week they'll invent differential
" signalling or SECDED memory-protection logic.  I can't wait until they
" invent secondary processors for offloading I/O operations.  That's never
" been done before, either.

i'm sure they're busy looking for some way they can patent.
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