[LinuxBIOS] Advice for buying a new and not-obsolete workstation?

[Stefan Reinauer]

* Ward Vandewege <ward at gnu.org> [061110 14:05]:
> > It means that you get basic access to the device w/o being able to take 
> > advantage of the more advanced features.  Probably due to them 
> > subcontracting a third-party to do the advanced stuff.
> 
> Anyone know what exactly the advanced stuff is?

Macrovision registers. That's DRM.

And "other trade secrets" 

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