Comment This answeres NONE of the relevant questions (Score 1) 464
While this interview has some semi-interesting info about BIOS business and architecture, it answeres NONE of the questions that it promised to answer.
The promise was to explain why TCPA is not effectively going to stop open source. The answer amounts to little beyond "read the specs". We all understand that TPM maybe be turned off in some cases. We all understand that a linux distro can theoretically be certified and run as a trusted OS. This doesn't mean, however, that wide spread of TPM wouldn't be the end of open source. If future cohort of Windows machines know to ignore any files produced on something that is not certified to be Windows, turning off TPM isn't going to be much of a solution. If you can't compile and certify your own software, how will certified HP Linux be practically different Windows?
I am extremely disappointed with this interview. If Brian is not qualified to talk about the implications of TCPA, as he himself admits, he shouldn't have volunteered to talk about it.
The promise was to explain why TCPA is not effectively going to stop open source. The answer amounts to little beyond "read the specs". We all understand that TPM maybe be turned off in some cases. We all understand that a linux distro can theoretically be certified and run as a trusted OS. This doesn't mean, however, that wide spread of TPM wouldn't be the end of open source. If future cohort of Windows machines know to ignore any files produced on something that is not certified to be Windows, turning off TPM isn't going to be much of a solution. If you can't compile and certify your own software, how will certified HP Linux be practically different Windows?
I am extremely disappointed with this interview. If Brian is not qualified to talk about the implications of TCPA, as he himself admits, he shouldn't have volunteered to talk about it.
