Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ [H]omer on Saturday 15 September 2007 20:43 : \____
>
>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>> Root-locked Linux for the masses
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | At the heart of the Trusted Computing Project 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.
>>
>> Interesting idea for noobs, although I'm not sure if I'd like trusting
>> root to a stranger.
>
> About 700 million people have that type of trust (stealth updates).
>
Unfortunately, trust is a major issue anyway. Should anyone be
confident taking their PC to a local shop? How do they know that it
will be looked after properly? There is really no way of reliably
establishing this, although word-of-mouth is certainly the best I've
ever seen. Quality marks are next to useless, in my experience.
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