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Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] A "Locked in" future?
- From: Ian Lynch <ian.lynch2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 21:39:05 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <20020701213905.UBMW295.mta03-svc.ntlworld.com@there>
On Monday 01 July 2002 11:23, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> On Monday 01 July 2002 10:40 am, Alan Harris wrote:
> > Here's a disturbing bit of news :-
> >
> > TCPA / Palladium Frequently Asked Questions
> >
> > http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/rja14/tcpa-faq.html
> >
> > What do you think - MS to rule the world?
>
> This has also been mentioned on the WYLUG list, with a link to a good
> article at http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25891.html
What happens if someone in Taiwan just makes vanilla motherboards and we use
AMD processors and Linux? Seems to me that this could accelerate people to
open systems away from all the hassle. Unless the government legislated to
make such machines illegal which seems a bit unlikely here and very unlikely
in places like China and South America. It would certainly be a deciding
factor in my company to go entirely Linux.
--
IanL
> On Monday 01 July 2002 10:40 am, Alan Harris wrote:
> > Here's a disturbing bit of news :-
> >
> > TCPA / Palladium Frequently Asked Questions
> >
> > http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/rja14/tcpa-faq.html
> >
> > What do you think - MS to rule the world?
>
> This has also been mentioned on the WYLUG list, with a link to a good
> article at http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25891.html
What happens if someone in Taiwan just makes vanilla motherboards and we use
AMD processors and Linux? Seems to me that this could accelerate people to
open systems away from all the hassle. Unless the government legislated to
make such machines illegal which seems a bit unlikely here and very unlikely
in places like China and South America. It would certainly be a deciding
factor in my company to go entirely Linux.
--
IanL
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