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Originally posted by MagiK:
Will Linux go along with this new movement? We could see Linux become much much more popular and we don't necessarily need to upgrade from P4's and the current brand of AMD chips for quite a while.
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No, Linux will
not follow such a step. Linux is opensource, and by definition you pick and choose the features you want. All one has to do is decline to compile in the security features and you have total control.
Frankly, I don't see hardware issues entering into it. This is an o/s issue, and I can't see how an extra feature in the hardware can force an o/s to deny access to specific data on your system, especially if that o/s is designed to ignore said security