On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[email protected]>wrote:
> Vijay Anand [11/05/10 15:20 +0530]: > > Given how the 10$ - or was it 5$ "laptop" was essentially a thumb drive, >> wouldnt be surprised if this is another glitch by some reporter. The >> points >> behind this development seems to be security - which also sounds >> ridiculous >> that we want to develop "simple" OS to make things secure, when you can >> technically just unplug the computer from the network and it is as secure >> as >> it could be. >> >> For all you know, going with hint of "antivirus" there, this might >> actually >> be a firewall software which someone misheard or misrepresented. >> > > There was this very interesting article I saw about how china was requiring > source code and encryption key disclosure from all suppliers to its govt of > encryption enabled gear (chip OS / OS / firewalls / routers / antispam > software etc). Think about that. > > I heard about it as well. But then again, they are the biggest *threat* the world is worried about :) Wonder whom they are worried about. There were whispers sometime back within the ministry that some countries *who shall not be named* might target our infrastructure to dampen the economic growth. I still dont think they'll go and build an OS cause of that. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Blog: www.vijayanand.name Twitter: www.twitter.com/vijayanands
