Germany leery of Paladium

Post #67,792 by admin 12/10/02 10:53:00 AM Reply	Germany leery of Paladium [link\|http://news.com.com/2100-1001-976620.html?tag=fd_top\|http://news.com.com/...0.html?tag=fd_top] In what appears to be the first time a nation has criticized the technology, Germany's Ministry of Economics and Labor said in a letter to the Bundestag, or parliament, that widespread adoption of Palladium raises the "danger that applications of software for new high-security PCs require a license by Microsoft, resulting in high costs." The Nov. 26 letter was a response to queries from members of the conservative Christian Democratic Union party. Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #67,825 by n3jja 12/10/02 12:07:37 PM Reply	Everyone should be, but they're not. :-(
Post #67,876 by mmoffitt 12/10/02 4:22:08 PM Reply	Some of us are not afraid because... we have no intention of continuing to use Microsoft products. Yes, I'll continue to use them in VM's (thank you VMWare) but for production in my shop? Forget it.
Post #68,007 by rickw 12/10/02 11:24:49 PM Reply	People want from their computers other than what they think they want. Or at least what they say they want. What I'd like to see is and Xbox with a keyboard and a proper monitor. Let Microsoft sell that, and let the personal computer stay personal. People will want palladium when they have it explained to them. They won't understand it, but they will want it. It's being put in the same sentence as stopping spam and child pornographers, and it's only time before the war on the abstract noun is invoked. The group mind has a Cassandra curse. FAQ! We're scrod!

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