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mobrien_12

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« Reply #15 on: 9 December 2002, 23:29 »
"Neither Linux nor Unix ties the operating system to hardware," he said.

"This could bring a higher level of security than anything we've ever seen. It will almost completely prevent the platform from being compromised."

And again they fail to say who they are trying to keep from compromising the platform.  It's the actual USERS who they don't want compromising the DRM of the platform.  MS version of "security"
 
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« Reply #16 on: 10 December 2002, 07:29 »
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Yay! Now linux/win2k users don

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« Reply #17 on: 11 December 2002, 01:18 »
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Neither Linux nor Unix ties the operating system to hardware

Well duh. The idea of an operating system is tying the programs to the hardware. The OS *are* the 'ropes' in that analog.
An OS tied to the hardware is... well... stupid. That was the problem of Linux, it was tied too hard to x86 (yes, that has been solved). Why don't people learn?
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