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What's in a name? Not Palladium | |
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| Time: 00:00 EST/05:00 GMT | News Source: CNET | Posted By: Robert Stein | ||
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Microsoft has dropped the code name of its controversial security technology, Palladium, in favor of this buzzword-bloated tongue twister: "next-generation secure computing base." On Friday, the company said that the name Palladium had become tarnished by controversy surrounding some elements of Microsoft's security push. In additional, it faced a potential legal battle with a small firm over the Palladium name. "The official story--and it's true--is that we intended to change the name for a long time," said Mario Juarez, product manager for Microsoft's Windows Trusted Platform Technologies Group. "The fact that it was something that got a lot of attention and gave rise to a lot of misunderstanding" was also a factor, he said. | ||
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| #1 By 7390 (63.211.44.114) at 1/25/2003 5:38:25 PM |
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http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Palladium
Palladium: 1. A safeguard, especially one viewed as a guarantee of the integrity of social institutions: the Bill of Rights, palladium of American civil liberties. 2. A sacred object that was believed to have the power to preserve a city or state possessing it. next-generation secure computing base just rolls off of the tongue. how about MSSP = Microsoft Security Platform |
| #2 By 2459 (24.170.151.14) at 1/25/2003 11:16:54 PM |
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The name will most likely change again.
Next Generation Secure Computing Base is kind of like the name applied to .NET (Next Generation Windows Services) before it was .NET. Besides, if the name doesn't change, what happens when a new generation of technology replaces this Next Generation? :-) |
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