Re: [fw-wiz] Hopefully not too OT

From: Barney Wolff (barney_at_databus.com)
Date: 05/03/05

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    To: "Marcus J. Ranum" <mjr@ranum.com>
Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 21:00:38 -0400

    On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 06:10:41PM -0400, Marcus J. Ranum wrote:
    >
    > What disturbs me most is that whenever you say the words
    > "trusted computing" in some environments, people's minds
    > shut down and they start saying "NO! We don't want to go
    > there!" -- the same people who, seconds before, were
    > listing the requirements for their next-generation computer
    > systems and were basically saying they needed trusted
    > computing platforms.

    It all depends on whose requirements are being met. I'm happy about
    trusted computing if my own requirements are met. Much less happy
    if it's somebody else's, who did not pay for my computer. 

    -- 
Barney Wolff         http://www.databus.com/bwresume.pdf
I never met a computer I didn't like.
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