MicroSoft to take over Internet....or?

vaportrailsvaportrails
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
Have you heard of Palladium from MicroSoft?



Please read <a href="http://www.pbs.org/cringely/like/like20020704.html"; target="_blank">this</a> article from Cringely (start with the I, Cringely link at the page, and then Palladium FAQ) and tell me what you think...



Cheers

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  • Reply 1 of 8
    ibrowseibrowse Posts: 1,749member
    Yeah, I read about that in (I think) Newsweek. I guess they want to do a lot for security too.
  • Reply 2 of 8
    stroszekstroszek Posts: 801member
    I couldn't find the Palladium FAQ link, is this the <a href="http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20020627.html"; target="_blank">article</a> you are talking about?



    If it is, it sounds kind of illegal to me.
  • Reply 3 of 8
    vaportrailsvaportrails Posts: 10member
    The Palladium FAQ is <a href="http://www.pbs.org/cringely/like/like20020704.html"; target="_blank">here</a>
  • Reply 4 of 8
    serranoserrano Posts: 1,806member
  • Reply 5 of 8
    hmurchisonhmurchison Posts: 12,425member
    This could be a boon for Apple and Linux should they decide not to go this route. Consumers will be PISSED when the experience the draconian measures this entails. Droves would migrate to Apple or Linux.



    Oh and this only works with computers connected to the internet.



    [ 07-06-2002: Message edited by: hmurchison ]</p>
  • Reply 6 of 8
    vaportrailsvaportrails Posts: 10member
    [quote]Originally posted by hmurchison:

    <strong>This could be a boon for Apple and Linux should they decide not to go this route. Consumers will be PISSED when the experience the draconian measures this entails. Droves would migrate to Apple or Linux.



    Oh and this only works with computers connected to the internet.



    [ 07-06-2002: Message edited by: hmurchison ]</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Yes...that's a possibility. I't could also mean the end for other platforms than Wintel.



    Imagine you are a subcontractor to a large company that have adopded Palladuim technology, and they tell you: "And we, BoughtbyMS Inc, uses Palladium to exchange documents and data. You have to adopt that to get in buisness with us..."



    Bye, bye Linux and Apple...or?
  • Reply 7 of 8
    progmacprogmac Posts: 1,850member
    has microsoft been extremely successful in anything other than Windows or Office? Not really, and I don't think this will be any different.



    You can't call an orange a pear, even if you are the pear tree.



    [ 07-08-2002: Message edited by: progmac ]</p>
  • Reply 8 of 8
    artman @_@artman @_@ Posts: 2,546member
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