[ale] [Fwd: [Am-info] Advanced Micro Devices will includeMicrosoft's Palladium]

[Ryan]

Buy CPUs before this technology is integrated ;) I think
2GHZ CPUs are more than enough to power Linux workstations
for a good long time.


On Fri, 2002-09-20 at 11:06, John Wells wrote:
> Ok....I rarely swear aloud, but my co-workers were just treated to a
> thirty second train of expletives.
> 
> The f'ing pisses me off.  I had hopes that AMD would not join the
> Microsoft party....guess I was wrong.
> 
> Now I just have to figure out how to do something about this.  There
> ultimately has to be a solution, or else I'm packing up my computers on
> the front lawn, burning them, moving to a farm in Montana and joining the
> local militia.
> 
> All joking aside, I'm very, very concerned about this.
> 
> John
> 
> Geoffrey said:
> > This does not sound good..
> >
> > Advanced Micro Devices will include Microsoft's Palladium "trusted" --
> > meaning Microsoft-  approved software only -- support in its next
> > generation of chips, according to published reports.
> >
> > http://www.linuxandmain.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=232
> >
> >
> > --
> > Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net
> >
> > I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen
> > to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?
> >
> >
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