Farseerfc's Nest - acpi//farseerfc.me/en/2011-03-14T20:34:00+09:00“…if we do this work … ” --Bill Gates2011-03-14T20:34:00+09:002011-03-14T20:34:00+09:00farseerfctag:farseerfc.me,2011-03-14:/en/if-we-do-this-work.html<p>Imported from
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<h2>“…if we do this work … and the result is that Linux works great …” --Bill Gates</h2>
<p>From: Bill Gates</p>
<p>’-- Sent: Sunday, January 24, 1999 8:41 AM</p>
<p>Jeff Westorinon; Ben Fathi ;</p>
<p>TO: Carl Stork (Exchange); Nathan Myhrvofd; Eric Rudder</p>
<p>Subject: ACPI extensions</p>
<p>One thing I find myself wondering …</p></div><p>Imported from
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<h2>“…if we do this work … and the result is that Linux works great …” --Bill Gates</h2>
<p>From: Bill Gates</p>
<p>’-- Sent: Sunday, January 24, 1999 8:41 AM</p>
<p>Jeff Westorinon; Ben Fathi ;</p>
<p>TO: Carl Stork (Exchange); Nathan Myhrvofd; Eric Rudder</p>
<p>Subject: ACPI extensions</p>
<p>One thing I find myself wondering about is whether we shouldn’t try and
make the "ACPI" extensions somehow Windows specific.</p>
<p>It seems unfortunate if we do this work and get our partners to do the
work and the result is that <strong>Linux works great without having to do the work</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>Maybe there is no way to avoid this problem but it does bother me.</strong></p>
<p>Maybe we could define the APIs so that they work well with NT and not
the others even if they are open.</p>
<p>Or maybe we could patent something relaled to this.</p>
<p>From:</p>
<p><a class="reference external" href="http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03020.pdf">http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03020.pdf</a></p>
<p>If this is the reason that Xen 4.0 is still not fully support ACPI 3.0, then f*ck
you Bill Gates!</p>
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