I feel guilt. I worked on BMP at intel for facegook servers. We didn't have the handcuffs of TPM, But we had to 3 party the bit encryption.
On Sun, Nov 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM Tarek Hoteit via cctalk < [email protected]> wrote: > > In my opinion, the statement below is true when it all started with > personal curiosity about using a computer. Once the computer became a means > to make money, the utility of using computers got intermixed with money and > business. Greed took over most of the tech world except for the few that > embraced personal computers as personal computersand not to make money off > the masses. > > - Tarek > > >> One of the greatest joys of classic computing was running what you > wanted on your own computer. > > > > On Nov 23, 2025, at 7:35 PM, ben via cctalk <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > On 2025-11-23 8:11 p.m., Murray McCullough via cctalk wrote: > >> One of the greatest joys of classic computing was running what you > wanted > >> on your own computer. What has happened in the intervening years? Have > >> ‘software walls’ created a computing environment that benefits software > >> gate-keepers(owners of computing technology) by monopolizing creativity, > >> freedom to program and establishing a defacto ‘true ownership’. Will the > >> future be this or will it be more like the earliest years of > >> microcomputing? > >> Murray 🙂 > > > > You have no software ownership any more, or control over you computer. > > 1984 it was Big Brother, to day it is Uncle Gates. > > Ben. > > PS: The lesser joy of 'your own computer' is lack of software or i/o > devices. > > > > > > >
