On Thu, 7 May 2009, Chuck Guzis wrote:
  I've been trying to establish the truth of what a
Taiwanese friend
 told me at the time--that the Taiwanese government bankrolled a lot
 of the groundwork and produced documentation and reference designs.
 But all this is for now is just one person's account. 
Didn't they fund development of a relatively non-infringing BIOS?