AMD said there is nothing stopping people from running Linux on its Hondo processor.

In the Q&A session, Seigo further explained some of the problems that MPL had run into. Unless it can promise a quarter of a million (or some other six-digit number) of units, MPL won't be able to get any input into the process. "Our order is a rounding error" on the total number of units the device manufacturers are targeting. He certainly doesn't blame the hardware companies as they are focused on their bottom line. It would be great if MPL (or open devices in general) could rely on large companies to take the baton and dangle that kind of volume in front of the manufacturers, but that doesn't seem likely. 

Part of the problem is that there is "little respect for the GPL" in Asia, Seigo said. When you ask for the source to the kernel for a device, you first get pointed at kernel.org. Once you make it clear that there is more needed, you will get a tarball with "amazing stuff", some of which has nothing to do with the device in question. Comparing that to what's running on the device shows differences, so you have to ask: "Now can we really get the source?". There is also often resistance from the hardware salespeople to the whole idea of getting the source as they think the company will go bankrupt if they give it away. When setting out on this task, Seigo said that he had no idea "how hard it would be to get GPL source" from the vendors. 

Intel, AMD и M$ есть против кого дружить. Поэтому выступление единым фронтом вполне понятно.

Но вот когда этот фронт развалится - Восьмерка потянет за собой все, что может работать только с ней. С приветом от Нокии.