Coursey on Palladium

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday July 2, 2002 @04:20AM from the impressive-PR-skills dept.

lrose writes "Check out this story over at ZDNet -- Microsoft is developing a secure operating system to be combined with hardware doing public key cryptography. The DRM aspect reminds me of something I read about an imaginary day in the not-too-distant future, where you can no longer install Linux on your own box because you don't have the necessary rights." Coursey's column is quite interesting, bringing a lot more of the backstory behind Palladium into public view. While geeks have been following and worrying about the TCPA, Microsoft has been working to spin the story with assorted columnists and journalists, so that when it broke it would be in the context that Steven Levy bought into hook, line and sinker: a scheme to protect you rather than one to prevent you from using your computer in unapproved ways.

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too late by WinDoze · 2002-07-02 04:22 · Score: 4, Funny

prevent you from using your computer in unapproved ways

I already have a wife to do this for me.
Re:Interesting by bravehamster · 2002-07-02 04:27 · Score: 3, Funny

what would you need an 8GHz system with 2gb ram and 1tb hard drive for anyway?

3d porn?

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When They OutLaw Free Operating Systems by 0-9a-zA-Z_.+!*'()123 · 2002-07-02 04:30 · Score: 2, Funny

Only Outlaws Will Have {Free|Net|Open}BSD/Linux.
Re:Whiner. by getter_85 · 2002-07-02 05:02 · Score: 1, Funny

Beh, quit yer whinnin! You know BSD will be the next thing to go after M$ is gone.

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Re:Soon, computers will be free... by Delphix · 2002-07-02 07:42 · Score: 2, Funny

and I will live in a hut in the forest and be done with any damned piece of electronics made after 1985.