> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > << None of this is a cinch. One hurdle is getting people to trust > Microsoft . To diffuse the inevitable skepticism, the Redmondites have > begun educational briefings of industry groups, security experts, > government agencies and civil-liberties watchdogs. Early opinion makers > are giving them the benefit of the doubt. “I’m willing to take a chance > that the benefits are more than the potential downside,” says Dave > Farber, a renowned Internet guru. “But if they screw up, I’ll squeal like > a bloody pig.” Microsoft is also publishing the system’s source code. “We > are trying to be transparent in all this,” says Allchin. >> > > > Bill Gates will never consider doing this, but what Microsoft ought to do is > spin Palladium off into a separate, not-for-profit corporation totally > independent from Microsoft itself (except for exchanging standards > information) and make the technology, etc., completely free and even > open-source to the rest of humanity. Microsoft obviously doesn't need any > more money, and this would be a good way for them to defuse suspicions that > anything and everything they do is intended to further their monopoly. > > But they'll never do it.
Speaking of vileness: http://news.com.com/2100-1001-938973.html
