amd .vs intel....

[Philip Prindeville]

Jeff Vian wrote:

>On Wed, 2005-12-14 at 02:04 -0500, Claude Jones wrote:
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>>On Wed December 14 2005 1:31 am, taso wrote:
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>>>The best thing that could happen to Linux would be for Microsoft to stamp
>>>out piracy.
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>>The devil is in the details...
>>Sony CD's installing root kits...
>>Intel embedding code in the hardware to enforce licensing...
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>>When you start using expressions like "stamp out" beware what you're asking 
>>for - you might get it.
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>and the DRM software that prevents non-drm-enabled PCs (read that as
>non-Windows PCs) from playing DRM protected CDs 
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>and the new Trusted Computing Platform chips that are being developed
>for new motherboards.
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Ah, yes, the myth of the Trusted Computing Platform rears its head again.

Hadn't seen it since I threw my "Red Book" on the bonfire.

-Philip


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>>Claude Jones
>>Bluemont, VA, USA
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