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  From: Brian Astill <bastill@adam.com.au>
  To  : David Fitch <davidf@parachilna.com>
  Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 22:46:03 +1030

Re: The Trusted Computing Platform Alliance

David Fitch wrote:

>On Wed, 2003-01-15 at 16:21, Michael Firkins wrote:
>  
>
>>The real question is will there be an avenue for a linux to boot on the
>>TCPA box, and will the TCPA boxes become popular to the point where it
>>is a problem for us because there are many computers out there that will
>>not boot into a real operating system.
>>    
>>
>
>maybe I'll have a good excuse to buy a Sun again!
>(surely Sun aren't on the list...)
>
Any excuse will do :-)

However, that raises another issue.  AMD/Cyrix etc aren't Intel or 
otherwise in bed with M$.
My guess is that mobos and CPUs free of TCPA taint will be available for 
some time to come.  There might also be a backlash against files 
intended for general consumption being produced in an encrypted manner.

--
Brian


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