Re: "Trusted Computing" SCAM?
From: Michael Pelletier (mjpelletier_at_mjpelletier.com)
Date: 05/03/05
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Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 19:25:09 -0700
Winged wrote:
> Michael Pelletier wrote:
>> nemo_outis wrote:
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>>>Michael Pelletier <mjpelletier@mjpelletier.com> wrote in
>>>news:U8cde.9772$_K.4075@fed1read03:
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>>>>nemo_outis wrote:
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>>>>>Michael Pelletier <mjpelletier@mjpelletier.com> wrote in
>>>>>news:4dbde.9091$_K.994@fed1read03:
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>>>>>>Another guy posted this link. Upon reading it I had many questions
>>>>>>about the real purpose of "Trusted Computing". In short, I think it
>>>>>>is a scam. What do you guys think?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/rstrplcy.mspx
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Michael
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>It's not a scam - it has a very real purpose. But that purpose is
>>>>>not to benefit the consumer - at least not primarily. And there's
>>>>>the rub!
>>>>>
>>>>>Regards,
>>>>
>>>>I agree with that statement. It is to benefit "big business"....
>>>>
>>>>Michaeel
>>>
>>>
>>>Exactly!
>>
>>
>> ...this just reinforces my opinion that it is time to drop Microsoft and
>> go to linux/*BSD solutions...
>>
>> The idea that some software company has power over *MY* computer really
>> irritates me...
>>
>> Michael
>
> But who is watching the guardians.
Exactly.
> Some of the effort Microsoft is doing, things like requiring services to
> be specifically turned on versus turning everything on to be turned off
> by user is a very good thing (server 2003 is first I had seen this).
> Most other OSs I have seen have been doing this for years.
Sure, this was a good idea that Microsoft implemented. They may have come
later to the "dinner table" but it was welcomed by all.
> I do like Linux, but for the average Mom it is too complex for use.
I tried an experiment. Eight months ago, I totally migrated my home from
Windows to FreeBSD (I have one Red Hat box too). Now, my girlfriend is the
"typical helpdesk nightmare". First, she is from Brazil and computers there
are not as part of the culture as they are here. That being said, she is
quite the novice when it comes to computing. Anyway, she has been using
FreeBSD now for 8 months with high proficiency. I must admit, I believed
the hype about *NIX not being easily learned a little but, I was proved
wrong. What she did illustrate to me is that computing is computing. People
will always need time to learn but, once they have done this they can
become proficient. In this case Windows, Apple and *NIX are all the same.
So, for the last 8 months Windows has not been used in my hose at *ALL*. Not
once. I must admit, I thought it would be more difficult. Anyway, I can do
everything I did before and more...I only wish I had done this earlier.
> Lindows came close, but most users did not understand underpinnings.
> Myself the license idea is better.
I have never used Lindows. I have heard of some good things. Please explain
the above statement. I am afraid you lost me....
> There are a lotta folks who
> shouldn't be driving on this superhighway. So I guess it will be up to
> me to set up the first Internet licensing agency. Now where should I
> have folks send those license application fees....
This is true. There are many people using computers without a clue about
computers. Back to the UNIX comparison, no matter what operating system you
use, training is always required...
> Winged
Here is the part that pisses me off the most. American businesses have
forgotten the basics of business. R&D a product. Make the best product at
the best price. Whoever does it the best wins. Instead they have begun to
limit innovation. In fact, they have replaced innovation with litigation.
Using lawyers to push bogus IP claims and laws.
I have a feeling that the rest of the World will go a different direction
than where the US businesses are trying to prod the World. Good.
Michael
-- "Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems." - Linus Torvald "Trusted Computing" is a SCAM http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/can-you-trust.html
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