Earliest I could find (2001): https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/what-a-change-intel-does-paper-less-launch-of-desktop-tualatin.586880/
Another later find explaining the term (2004): https://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2004/07/4039-2/
The term paper launch has been kicking around for a while now.
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=paper launch
Who calls it that - if it’s a spade, it’s a spade.
From memory a paper launch used to mean something that only existed on paper / a press launch; where no consumer could purchase the product. Considering stock quantities that GN has sourced for the US it’s near enough a paper launch.
I guess the answer is money, but why would you do any handling of card details in-house. Having a third party process transactions passes to some degree ensuring security onto said third party.
I’d still doubt any risk of full card details being leaked unless the hack goes much deeper than just Epic.
And I’m having issues writing / completing the install to /boot
Files are written to boot by the nixos-infect script, then disappear after sometime… If the VM is shutdown / rebooted I get the previously displayed unrecoverable error screen.
Might be an easier way to achieve this.