[nzlug] Where to start... where to start...

[Robin Sheat]

On Tuesday 12 February 2008 09:34:14 Vik Olliver wrote:
> It will, as I understand it, allow Microsoft to prevent applications
> they don't like being installed on Windows. Firefox, for instance, and
> OpenOffice.
Last time they did that (Win 3.1 on DR-DOS, IIRC), they got busted. These days 
it would only be worse for them if they tried.

My issue with the TPM things is that I think the default is that the owner of 
the machine doesn't get the keys. If they did, I wouldn't have a problem with 
it.


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PGP Key 0xA99CEB6D = 5957 6D23 8B16 EFAB FEF8  7175 14D3 6485 A99C EB6D
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