On Tue, 10 May 2005, Ryan Ware wrote:

> On 5/10/05, Richard Hoffbeck <rwh at visi.com> wrote:
> <snip>
>> If you look at the requirements of 'trusted computing' there is no way
>> that it can be good for OSS. For it to be effective it has to be
>
> Am I mistaken, or didn't Linus just state that trusted computing was an 
> idea whose time has come?

I would say that there are some indications of that:

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22trusted+computing%22+torvalds


> I think most of the open source community has taken a rather Ned Lud 
> view point on this whereas I think it will be more of a tide that raises 
> the level of all the ships (Linux, Unix, Windows, etc)  It might be a 
> little more work for everyone, but it will get done.

Or maybe it will be an unparalleled disaster that puts giant multinational 
corporations in control of what we can do with our computers...

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=5858


Mike