Be gaat gratis BeOS licenties verstrekken aan OEMs, die het (naast Windoos) kunnen installeren op hun systeempjes:
n an article published on the Be Web site, Gassee grumbles that, for all Microsoft's claims at the DoJ trial that there are viable alternatives to Windows and thus the company doesn't have a monopoly, PC OEMs prevented from taking these alternatives -- specifically Linux and the BeOS -- on board because of the way they often interpret Microsoft's Windows licensing terms.That's not an unreasonable point, and Gassee's solution, in the short term at least, is to encourage PC vendors to install the BeOS gratis and ensure users can see it's there as an option when they boot their computers.
Gassee's goal, he claims, is "put a crack in the wall" of the Microsoft monopoly, the idea being that if the Great Satan of Software kicks up a stink about what an OEM has done, its arcane licensing terms will be revealed to the world for what they are.
Meer info vind je bij The Register. Zie ook dit artikel op de site van Be Inc.
