Re: Computing Editorial (please read)

[Cameron Kaiser <ckaiser@stockholm.ptloma.edu>]

John Thompson <john@starfleet.thompson.us> writes:

>>Then why does Microsoft keep releasing new versions of Visual Basic, Visual
>>C++, etc.?  On the other hand, they do seem to want to limit programing to
>>keep it within the Windows environment.    ;-)

>Just wait until Palladium.  Then you might be able to develop programs on
>your own computer, but they'll be tied to your hardware and won't run on
>anybody else's machine unless you pay $$$ to get them blessed by Microsoft.

... basically turning every Palladium-based PC into an Xbox.

The worst part about Palladium is the document signing aspect. All data is
subject to Palladium tampering^Wfiltering, not just program code.

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