>> I wonder when they'll start preventing you from removing Windoze?
> 
>   In theory it could be possible to tie hardware with a specific OS.
> It may be possible to build a PC which only runs Vista, period.
> 
>   OTOH Monopoly laws of most countries would luckily prevent that.

How about if you design hardware so that it will only run "authorised" 
software - that is, software signed by a specific key? You could design 
a system so that in principle it can run any authorised software, yet in 
practice there is only one such authorised program...

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