Intel says the PC BIOS will be replaced with 'EFI'

[Bayard R. Coolidge]

While it's true that the "proprietary architecture"
vendors such as Sun, DEC, et al, had a large system
service capability mentality, I would think that, at
least for the Itanium2-based systems, be they desktop
or server, it would make sense to expand/enhance the
BIOS capabilities ANYWAY, if for no other reason than
to leverage economies-of-scale.

Bayard