"Imagine you are in the boardroom, asked by the president of the company to fix his laptop during a critical presentation. You reach for your handy knoppix on a flash, and set it off to boot, so ready to proudly display the power of freedom during this critical presentation, when, already too late, you remember; that darn startup sound!
"While Microsoft claims a startup sound you cannot disable is a 'feature' in its one day to be released Vista operating system, and perhaps even has a patent on the idea, we in the free software community have had to contend with this 'feature' for a long time now..."
