Hello all-- Apologies for this (hopefully very brief) off-topic thread. I'm hoping that a few references may be made, by the knowledgeable people on this list, to a few good sources of thought and conjecture regarding the following-- Although I presume (personally hope) other countries will pursue better alternatives, as a U.S. citizen and after reading a little about the Trusted Computing Platform Alliance, Microsoft's Palladium initiative, the "Fritz" chip and the cooperative responses by the U.S. government so far to Microsoft and to the entertainment industry (regarding "digital rights management") I have become somewhat worried about the future of Linux, and computing in general, in the U.S. Could someone refer to one or more good Internet sources where one may be able to read the comments and ideas of those who really know and understand this subject? Thank you. Steve D. New Mexico, US