Two ways Microsoft sabotages Linux desktop adoption (warning: long rant follows)

[Mike McCarty]

Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Tuesday 14 February 2006 23:07, Mike McCarty wrote:

>>I found this: http://www.research.ibm.com/gsal/tcpa/
>>which states (in part)
>>
>>[QUOTE MODE ON]
>>
>>We have the chip running under Linux, and have studied it extensively.
>> In order to clarify a lot of misunderstanding about the chip, we are
>>making available some helpful white papers and open source device
>>drivers for Linux, so that interested people can test and use the chip
>>in an open environment.
>>
>>[QUOTE MODE OFF]
>>
> 
> But will they be truely open SOURCE Mike, as in can we look at the code 
> and fix it for our uses?  That may be the day pigs can use hell for a 
> landing strip.

Well, I haven't downloaded it and seen the terms of use, but...
===================================
"TCPA Device Driver for Linux"

This package contains full source code for a Linux device driver for
the TCPA chip, along with example programs, as described in our article
"Take Control of TCPA", in the August 2003 issue of Linux Journal.
===================================

The intent seems to be more to prevent rogue programs than MDA.
In the white paper they claim it isn't even particularly suited
to that. The source is on sourceforge

http://sourceforge.net/projects/tpmdd/

Mike
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