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    23 hours ago

    The 90’s? Locked bootloaders would’ve meant people woukdve simply bought different machines without a locked bootloader.

    See the IBM/Phoenix BIOS war - it’s essentially the same thing. IBM didn’t want to license their BIOS to everyone, so Phoenix reverse engineered it. If I remember right, IBM was trying to lock everyone to using their OS.

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      21 hours ago

      its good to remember computers were used mostly by the computer people back then.

      now with layman using theses devices en masse, things are a bit different. they dont need the nerds ro have a successful product anymore.

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      This! Manufacturers were trying to lock people into their systems, just by different means. Reverse engineering a piece of low-level software (BIOS) so that you could run high-level software written for that machine architecture on different hardware was the main battle of the day.

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          I really enjoyed all 4 seasons.

          It’s very character driven, which I know isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. I enjoyed seeing characters grow and change through the seasons and loved the way the show moved through different eras of technology.