On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> From: <http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2129337,00.html> > > Microsoft has dropped the code name of its controversial > security technology, Palladium, in favor of this buzzword- > bloated tongue twister: "next-generation secure computing > base". > > Similar from <http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/29039.html> > > -Michael Heyman I think that if we cooperate we can stop this absurd Orwellian grab of a perfectly generic phrase. "Palladium" is the proper name. Microsoft should not be allowed to claim "next-generation secure computing base" as a trademark nor as a term meaning Palladium. Not as a trademark because the phrase is deceptive and generic and not as a term because the term is deceptive and generic. There is no advantage to us in propagating this crude lie. I ask that those on this list continue to refer to Palladium by its right name "Palladium". If we continue to use "Palladium" to mean Microsoft's program, "Palladium" remains a useful term of art. It is precise and accurate, whereas "next-generation secure computing base" is misleading, vague, and inaccurate. oo--JS. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]