Hardware security in PCs to accompany new Windows

[Henry Spencer]

On Thu, 19 May 2005, James Knott wrote:
> I suspect that even MS wouldn't be able to escape antitrust, if they set 
> up a system, where only their software can run on hardware...

Oh, it would be done more subtly than that.  It would be hyped as an
anti-virus security precaution, or with some other noble-sounding motive. 
"Securing the information infrastructure", that's the ticket.

And there would, of course, be provision for non-Microsoft software to be
officially blessed.  No monopolies here!  But it would cost a lot, and
require a lot of awkward procedures and compliance with stupid
requirements, and it wouldn't be set up and operating right away, and the
rules would keep changing, and and and...  You get the picture.  The
theory would be fine, but the implementation would be ineptly done and so
cumbersome that getting blessed would be very difficult in practice. 

                                                          Henry Spencer
                                                       henry-lqW1N6Cllo0sV2N9l4h3zg at public.gmane.org

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