Penni, if you think SYSF losing their AST contract to Phoenix/CYBR
is bad, read the following excerpts from news reports and put 2 + 2 together:
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"After Compaq introduced its new LTE 5000, it took several BIOS
patches before the machines would work with Microsoft peripherals",
they said.
"The BIOS upgrade was a disaster," Dunn said. "I have to keep
sending my technicians out to upgrade these things, and it's costing
me money now." (June 17, 1996, Computer Reseller News)
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"Currently, Compaq develops its own BIOS for all portable lines
except its high-end LTE 5000 notebook, which are outsourced
to SystemSoft, in Natick, Mass. But by the next iteration of the
LTE 5000, expected by year's end, Compaq will take over BIOS
development for that line as well." (June 24, 1996, Infoworld)
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oops.....
"Phoenix Technologies, a leading supplier of standards-based
compatibility software for the PC industry, announced today that
Compaq Computer Corp. is shipping its new Presario 1000 notebook
computer with Phoenix NoteBIOS 4.0." (July 19, 1996 press release)
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Did Compaq realize that not all BIOS companies were the same??? |
