Microsoft has shown itself time and time again it thinks it can get away with something like that and going by Microsoft's past behaviors....do not be surprised to see Microsoft try this exact scheme later on down the road...as it builds support with many other monopolistic parties(mainly the RIAA and MPAA..i will not touch on them directly here) to eliminate any and all competition.
<grin> who knows..maybe we will "get lucky" and the Big Brother computer system of revelations will be a microsoft product and therefore will be easily hacked? Kevin Oberman wrote: >While I find much to worry about in Palladium, the vast majority of >the information in this post is simply not correct. Even Microsoft is >not delusional enough to think that they could get away with such a >coup. (Not that they would not want to.) > >Before going ballistic, read up on Palladium and how it works. Then we >can all have a somewhat intelligent discussion of where it might lead. > >Palladium does a number of very good things. It certainly will NOT >block running whatever OS you prefer. It is debatable just whether it >does DRM. Microsoft says it is not a DRM tool, but it sure seems to >have at least mot of the pieces required for full DRM. > >Slashdot has had some pointers to a number of excellent (and some not >so excellent) articles on Palladium form a number of sources on both >sides of the issue. I strongly urge that you read them before either >panicing or causing others to do so. Opposition may be justified and >it may not, depending on many small technical points that may not be >completely clear at this time. > >R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer >Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) >Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) >E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +1 510 486-8634 > > > -- May God Bless you and everything you touch. My "foundation" verse: Isiah 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
