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Questions for a Lecture on Microsoft's Palladium?

Posted by Cliff on from the tossing-out-those-pointed-questions dept.

An anonymous reader asks: "Microsoft is going to be giving a lecture on Palladium for my Computer and Network Security class at MIT this Thursday. We're told that it's going to be the most technically detailed lecture publically given to date, and that we should be armed with questions as a result. Any suggestions from the Slashdot crowd? What technical details have you been dying to know about Palladium?" It would be interesting to hear back from someone who is planning on attending this. For those who wish they were, but can't for one reason or another, what would you have asked by proxy?

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  1. Most important question by tomstdenis · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why does tom care?

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  2. Re:No, don't do that under any circumstances! by mbogosian · · Score: 3, Offtopic

    Am I, as the owner of the computer, going to have final say in what can and what can't run on my computer?

    How about: I'm a freelance developer, and I use Cygwin to do most of my development. I have invested over ten years in learning these tools, and as a result, I am incredibly efficient with them. For those of you who don't know, Cygwin is an OpenSource extension to Windows that runs common UNIX programs like Emacs & GCC. Will I be able to run Cygwin in a Palladium environment, or will I be forced to run only Microsoft-approved development tools with corresponding EULAs?

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  3. An obvious retort by gnovos · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    "How many megabytes will my 'Helloworld.exe' be after I compile it."

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