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Re: MS recruits for Palladium microkernel and/or DRM platform
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James A. Donald)
Wed Aug 14 16:22:28 2002
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 12:41:18 -0700
From: "James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com>
In-reply-to: <3D5A5BA2.B1823E59@RealMeasures.dyndns.org>
To: cryptography@wasabisystems.com
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On 14 Aug 2002 at 9:31, Seth Johns
> Some voices within the company (and we currently believe
> these voices to be right and sensible) hold the view that
> Palladium has to be about users' security if it's to stand
> any chance of winning hearts and minds, and that associating
> it with protecting the music business' IP will be the kiss of
> death. So they'll probably not be best pleased by the
> Microsoft job ad that seeks a group program manager
> "interested in being part of Microsoft's effort to build the
> Digital Rights Management (DRM) and trusted platforms of the
> future (Palladium)."
I am entertained, but unsurprised, that those who would sell us
"trust" technology start out by lying to us.
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James A. Donald
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