AlphaWolf
I prey, not pray.
Intel has officialy begun embedding the palladium "fritz" chips to their processors.
http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/02/09/10/1514236.shtml?tid=118
For those who don't know, palladium is a way for companies to completely control what you can and can't do with your own computer, and they can trust it against you. In a nutshell, this means that only the big companies can tell you what you can and can't use on your own system, in both software and hardware. Rest assured only microsoft OSes and microsoft approved software will be signed to run on palladium, and in essence microsoft will "own" the PC platform.
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html
Now many of you relie on microsoft software at this time, so I can see why you couldn't boycott microsoft yet, but you can rid of palladium before it even starts by not buying any DRM enabled hardware, or any future software that depends on it. (BTW, the WMP9 EULA binds you to installing future DRM software updates whenever microsoft releases them.)
The power is in the people, spread the word.
http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/02/09/10/1514236.shtml?tid=118
For those who don't know, palladium is a way for companies to completely control what you can and can't do with your own computer, and they can trust it against you. In a nutshell, this means that only the big companies can tell you what you can and can't use on your own system, in both software and hardware. Rest assured only microsoft OSes and microsoft approved software will be signed to run on palladium, and in essence microsoft will "own" the PC platform.
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html
Now many of you relie on microsoft software at this time, so I can see why you couldn't boycott microsoft yet, but you can rid of palladium before it even starts by not buying any DRM enabled hardware, or any future software that depends on it. (BTW, the WMP9 EULA binds you to installing future DRM software updates whenever microsoft releases them.)
The power is in the people, spread the word.
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