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]

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