Along with the CBDTPA bill in Congress, Palladium stands as a threat to Open Source Software in the name of "safety".
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. --Benjamin Franklin, 1759 http://online.securityfocus.com/columnists/96 "While open-source software's reputation for security has taken a hit lately, Microsoft's Palladium presents itself as an opportunity to improve security by eliminating entire classes of potential exploits. However, Palladium cannot protect us from most security threats -- and its aim may be to eliminate open source software on commodity hardware. Read on: http://online.securityfocus.com/columnists/96.";
