[luau] Gates quells fears over new PC security

[Taylor Cody L Contractor 502 AOS/PETS]

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/biztech/05/07/microsoft.security.ap/index.html

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Consumers shouldn't be worried that Microsoft Corp.'s
new security technology will wrest control of their PCs and give it to media
companies, Bill Gates said this week. They can always choose not to use it,
he said... 
...The technology, formerly code-named Palladium, will create what amounts
to a secure computer within a computer. Certain areas of memory, the
processor and even the channels to the display, keyboard and networks are
locked down and accessible only by trusted software...
...Some critics and competitors have raised concerns that the technology
could be used to reinforce Microsoft's dominance.  Secure documents created
in Microsoft Office, for instance, could be unusable on other operating
systems or with other office productivity suites.  In the interview, Gates
said it's up to other companies to ensure interoperability... 



Blah blah blah, bla blah bla blah.  They can always choose not to use it,
blah bla blah..
-Cody