Vadim Vygonets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Quoth Oleg Goldshmidt on Wed, Jan 15, 2003: > > "[Transmeta] claims its approach offers increased security for wireless > > computing, protects sensitive data, "deters intellectual property > > theft" (read Digital Rights Management (DRM) Inside) and delivers > > tamper-resistant, x86 storage environments." > > Come on! Building crypto into the processor and enhancing > security is a GOOD THING[TM], *despite* the fact that DRM was > mentioned _by a third party_ in an article about the processor in > question.
Actually, the passage I cited presents "deters intellectual property theft" as a direct quote. Of course security is good, but I would not want a "trusted," if secure, CPU in my computer, even if made by Transmeta. I made a mistake not using a smiley. But surely the question mark in the subject does not award The Register article the status of the ultimate truth... > And securing information does not necessarily mean betraying the > free world, regardless of what RMS says. Why do I agree with that? :-) -- Oleg Goldshmidt | [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Taking any religion too seriously ... can be hazardous to your health." [Richard M. Stallman] ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
