[brlug-general] Strange bedfellows: Micro$oft & Novel ink pact

[willhill]

Yeah, yeah, Microsoft is late to the party again.  It's a good thing they 
can't wreck free software like they wrecked spyglass but they might be able 
to wreck Novel.  Replacement is the only forward path for Windows.  The  
question is not if they will use Linux, it's how much of other people's work 
they can steal this time.  Palladium is how but will they be able to pull it 
off or will people see though it and buy uncompromised hardware for their 
free software?  Will they even be able to?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyglass
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next-Generation_Secure_Computing_Base
http://www.epic.org/privacy/consumer/microsoft/palladium.html
http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/operating_systems/microsoft_palladium_is_still_alive_and_kicking.html