Palladium = NGSCB?

[slvadcjelli42]

What's this? Microsoft has changed the name of their ominous-sounding plan from "Palladium" to "Next-Generation Secure Computing Base (NGSCB)"? (http://www.microsoft.com/resources/ngscb/ngscb_overview.mspx) Is it just me, or is Palladium a much more catchy name than NGSCB, ? (I realize this is a little old, but this is the first I've heard about it [seems to me that everyone is sticking with "Palladium"])

P.S. I especially love the part "NGSCB is designed to provide protection for critical data against malicious software, such as viruses, Trojan horses, and spyware, while preserving the openness of the Windows operating system."  :rolleyes:

[jasonlane]

Oh not again!!!!!!

This is one of those stupid little tricks M$ plays. When public or sector opinion starts to go against a product they change it's name......Idiots

[Laukev7]

That's old news. Most people in the know still call it Palladium, though. To me it looks like a red herring designed to distract all the bad press from their initiative, while pushing NGSCH and .net.

[jasonlane]

yes you are right, They changed it's name about 4 -5 month ago ? I'd forgotten that. That though is what they want..........CONFUSION    :mad:  

.net is the biggest pile of crap, I work with essentially the Apache version of .NOT (Cocoon), essentially I'd call it middleware, Sun and IBM have their own middleware offerings, essentially these though are all built on agreed standards, usually heavily laced with JAVA. Everyone else seems to be able to keep to standards except M$. C#, F# and loads of other standards that I simply don't care about. They seem to invent these "standards" for know reason other than to own them and thus the people that use them.

[ July 20, 2003: Message edited by: Zardoz ]

[Laukev7]

Strange how NGSCB sounds like INGSOC, don't you think?

1984, anyone?

[ December 30, 2003: Message edited by: Laukev7 ]

[jasonlane]

hehe. Steve certainly though so:

1984


 

quote:  Today, we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives. We have created, for the first time in all history, a garden of pure ideology. Where each worker may bloom secure from the pests of contradictory and confusing truths. Our Unification of Thoughts is more powerful a weapon than any fleet or army on earth. We are one people, with one will, one resolve, one cause. Our enemies shall talk themselves to death and we will bury them with their own confusion. We shall prevail!  

[ July 20, 2003: Message edited by: Zardoz ]

[avello500]

i just love the name dirk gently.
sounds like a great porn name.
fucking great name.

[jasonlane]

your porn name =

your first pets name + Mothers maiden name

Game is in the lounge were  should be  

[ July 21, 2003: Message edited by: Zardoz ]

[slvadcjelli42]

Haha, I never thought of it that way. This is actually from a Douglas Adams book, "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency"... very good book.

[mobrien_12]

They had to change the name because some other company copyrighted Palladium for a computer product already.

[Laukev7]

Oh. Well, that certainly destroys a nice, juicy conspiracy theory.  

[solarismka]

come to think of it there is a Palladium here in Mississauga Ontatio.

Its like finding out there is a city in canada named Sydney which is in Cape Breton N.S. As well as the Sydney in AussiLand!  

[suselinux]

I think your thinking of "Playdium" the arcade

I think Palladium was a Greek temple

[ July 23, 2003: Message edited by: suselinux ]

[Aaron Ni]

Palladium is also the title for an RPG company.

[Kintaro]

Preserving the Openness of Windows?

They really have gone fucking mad.  :rolleyes: