-- On 19 Sep 2002 at 11:13, AARG! Anonymous wrote:
Of course, those like Lucky who believe that trusted computing technology is evil incarnate are presumably rejoicing at this news. Microsoft's patent will limit the application of this technology. And the really crazy people are the ones who say that Palladium is evil, but Microsoft is being unfair in not licensing their patent widely!
The evil of DRM, like the evils of guns, depends on who has the gun and who has not. If only certain privileged people have guns, and the rest of us are disarmed, then guns are evil indeed. If trusted computing means that certain special people have ring -1 access to my computer, and I do not, and those certain special people are people I do not trust ... --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG 9qfOgx4DuD39ZV1os+Mk6SzsJp3A6f8e/S94djUj 41XdHA+e/zdxPCIroQznM5ILiFBEOUSYYagF5KQkb