Just Because It Happened Over 20 Years Ago Doesn't Mean It's "Old News" or Stopped Happening
They argued that Windows cannot exist and function/work without Internet Explorer ("Active Desktop") and they keep insisting that generic PCs should not even boot without permission from Microsoft [1, 2].
HAVING just joked about systemd in a pair of new memes [1, 2] (systemd now pushes TPM into the booting, "thanks" to Microsoft staff), a reader wrote to remind us of very important history. Some of it is still accessible online, even in otherwise-inactive news sites. "Remember that Microsoft has been aiming to get control of the BIOS for about 25 years," the reader said. "They were even looking to buy AMI or Phoenix (IIRC) to make that happen." █
"I once preached peaceful coexistence with Windows. You may laugh at my expense -- I deserve it."
-Be's CEO Jean-Louis Gassée in He Who Controls the Bootloader