Trusted Computing in the hands of administrators ... not Microsoft:
The Future of Trusted Linux Computing
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| TC With User Freedom At Helm. The idea of TC in the Linux world is
| actually a fairly reasonable one. Providing a root-locked, buttoned
| down environment that system administrators will be able to control
| the security of the controlled network and those workstations
| within it.
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| With the absence of proprietary code in the mix, users will indeed,
| find themselves more inclined to trust their own administrators to
| make the best choices under such a controlled environment.
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http://www.madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=8045
Related:
Root-locked Linux for the masses
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| Eddie Bleasdale, open source evangelist and the man behind
| NetProject [1], has a new plan. Secure, managed desktop computing:
| Linux for the non-techies.
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| At the heart of the Trusted Computing Project [2] is a £200 black
| box, about the size of those funny little Mac boxes, running a
| root-locked Ubuntu distribution. The user pays an annual fee of £50
| for secure support from a proper Linux geek.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/14/linux_box/
Linux club helps firms hide from Microsoft
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| Local authorities and companies who are interested in ditching
| their proprietary software in favour of open source are being
| encouraged to join a confidential scheme that aims to protect them
| from the attentions of firms such as Microsoft.
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| The initiative, called The Incubator Club, is said to be a response
| to the tactics employed by some major software vendors against
| firms and organisations who consider using Linux.
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| According to Eddie Bleasdale of Netproject, an IT consultancy firm
| that runs The Incubator Club, Microsoft has repeatedly tried to
| stop potential Linux migrations -- sometimes with notable success.
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| "Whenever we've gone public about a client moving to Linux,
| Microsoft has come in and offered remarkable incentives for them to
| stay as they are," Bleasdale told the Open Source in Local
| Government conference in London on Tuesday.
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39146090,00.htm
[1] http://www.netproject.com/online.html
[2] http://www.trustedcomputing.org.uk/index.php
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http://slated.org
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| "[Microsoft] are willing to lose money for years and years just to
| make sure that you don't make any money, either." - Bob Cringely.
| - http://blog.businessofsoftware.org/2007/07/cringely-the-un.html
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Fedora release 7 (Moonshine) on sky, running kernel 2.6.22.1-41.fc7
11:53:08 up 72 days, 10:48, 3 users, load average: 0.32, 0.41, 0.32
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