People get a grip. If Trusted Computing is so bad, no one will buy it. The market will prevail. Every society needs rules and protections from the bad guys. The Internet and the networking it enabled are a wild west. Trustworthy computing allows the good guys to do their work without interference from the bad guys.
No one will be forced to use it. Market forces wil prevail.
I have never seen so many nuts in one place. I can see why this site is called News for Nerds. You nerds need to get away from your pseudo girlfriend computers and get real girlfriends.
Palladium and LaGrande will be necassary components launch trustworthy computing.
MSFT is at the root of much of the existing security holes and that is somewhat ironic.
However, they are not going to be doing this alone. It will require the help of Intel's LaGrande, AMD's yet to be announced solution and deployment by the PC companies.
Palladium will be very good for the Internet and the advancement of PC's. People and enterprises will have a choice on whether to use it or not. If you don't like it, you can always switch to Apple or Linux. There are choices.
If some of you people would stop acting so paranoid, you would see that Palladium will be a good thing. Increasing the trust and security of the PC will the Internet to the next level and truly allow it to be a commerce engine. No one will be forced to use Palladium or DRM. It will be opt in. This means you will have a choice. What could be more fair than that.
Many of you geeks complain about the wholes in windows and msft products in general, and now when they come up with a dymanmic solution, you still complain. You can't have it both ways.
knorthern, the people that are yelling and screaming are simply paranoid. They are afraid of big bad Microsoft. You are right, Palladium needs to be ubiquitous to be effective. Microsoft has said as much.
Yes, I know all about Fritz Hollins. There needs to be an ability to protect content from being easily copied and distributed. Hollywood and the Music industry don't have a chance against FREE.
The choice I am talkig about is the choice of using the DRM terms dictated by the content companies using a DRM system. We the consumer can decide if we are willing to buy Austin Powers for viewing on our PC. This is free market. Microsoft is not forcing anyone to use DRM. They are simply providing a secure platform for DRM to reside.
HiThere/Charleshixn, why are you and many others so paranoid about DRM? If you don't like the terms of the content, you don't have to abide by it. It will be up to the content owners to determine the DRM restrictions they choose to use. Some may choose zero DRM, others may be more strict. You as the user, get to make the choice. What could be more fair than that?
Rseuhs, they are keeping it a secret so far, because that is what many businesses do with their products that are in development. Would you like Microsoft to email you all their marketing plans and intellectual property?
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People get a grip. If Trusted Computing is so bad, no one will buy it. The market will prevail. Every society needs rules and protections from the bad guys. The Internet and the networking it enabled are a wild west. Trustworthy computing allows the good guys to do their work without interference from the bad guys. No one will be forced to use it. Market forces wil prevail. I have never seen so many nuts in one place. I can see why this site is called News for Nerds. You nerds need to get away from your pseudo girlfriend computers and get real girlfriends.
Palladium and LaGrande will be necassary components launch trustworthy computing. MSFT is at the root of much of the existing security holes and that is somewhat ironic. However, they are not going to be doing this alone. It will require the help of Intel's LaGrande, AMD's yet to be announced solution and deployment by the PC companies. Palladium will be very good for the Internet and the advancement of PC's. People and enterprises will have a choice on whether to use it or not. If you don't like it, you can always switch to Apple or Linux. There are choices.
If some of you people would stop acting so paranoid, you would see that Palladium will be a good thing. Increasing the trust and security of the PC will the Internet to the next level and truly allow it to be a commerce engine. No one will be forced to use Palladium or DRM. It will be opt in. This means you will have a choice. What could be more fair than that. Many of you geeks complain about the wholes in windows and msft products in general, and now when they come up with a dymanmic solution, you still complain. You can't have it both ways.
knorthern, the people that are yelling and screaming are simply paranoid. They are afraid of big bad Microsoft. You are right, Palladium needs to be ubiquitous to be effective. Microsoft has said as much. Yes, I know all about Fritz Hollins. There needs to be an ability to protect content from being easily copied and distributed. Hollywood and the Music industry don't have a chance against FREE. The choice I am talkig about is the choice of using the DRM terms dictated by the content companies using a DRM system. We the consumer can decide if we are willing to buy Austin Powers for viewing on our PC. This is free market. Microsoft is not forcing anyone to use DRM. They are simply providing a secure platform for DRM to reside.
HiThere/Charleshixn, why are you and many others so paranoid about DRM? If you don't like the terms of the content, you don't have to abide by it. It will be up to the content owners to determine the DRM restrictions they choose to use. Some may choose zero DRM, others may be more strict. You as the user, get to make the choice. What could be more fair than that?
Rseuhs, they are keeping it a secret so far, because that is what many businesses do with their products that are in development. Would you like Microsoft to email you all their marketing plans and intellectual property?