Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

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?

3 of 568 comments (clear)

  1. Re:ask them... by REDNOROCK · · Score: 1, Redundant

    thats not asking. That's telling. Now, if you were to say, "Why are you guys such asses?" or "Will you please stop being such asses>" then I can understand.

    --
    Even if I say something insightfull or inteligent, it doens't matter cause I'm an ass.
  2. Flame on! by Dirtside · · Score: 2, Redundant

    Yeah, here's a question. Since every "security" initiative or technology MS has ever introduced has been a complete pile of crap, why should we expect that Palladium will be anything more than a way to help you continue your current dominance of the consumer computer market?

    I'm sure a lot of mods will lump this into the Slashbot category, but be realistic: Microsoft has an egregiously bad track record when it comes to security in their products, and they are a convicted monopolist. This entire scheme smacks of an attempt to control your computer's hardware, not just your software, not to mention further abusing their monopoly power. Why should I trust a damn thing Microsoft says?

    --
    "Destroy science and religion. Science would re-emerge exactly the same; but not religion." - Penn Jillette, paraphrased
  3. Re:Ramifications for Independent Content by sysjkb · · Score: 1, Redundant
    >this infringes upon my right to the "pursuit of happiness", as ordained by the constitution.

    What constitutional right?

    We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.

    That's a quote from from the Declaration of Independence.

    Yours truly,
    Jeffrey Boulier