No slur intended, My eyes are bad and mu typing worse. On Sun, Nov 23, 2025 at 11:47 PM Jim Davis <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. >> > >> > >> > >> >
