[IP] more on next obvious question

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: William Arbaugh <waa@cs.umd.edu>
Date: June 6, 2005 4:51:57 PM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: Re: [IP] next obvious question


In the short term, they will probably rely on the fact that their  
"BIOS", e.g. openfirmware, will only run on a few motherboards beyond  
Apple's. This is of course, hackable, and will only provide for a  
year or so of protection.

In the long term, they will probably integrate with one of Intel's  
several security initiatives. Or, more likely rely on the lawyers to  
go after anyone cloning machines.

David Farber wrote:

> What will Apple do to stop me from using the Apple enviroment on   
> say  a  ultralight Sony. They could become a software only comapny  
> or they  could try to compete with the mass market hardware guys.  
> Or Intel  could roll them either a unique processor.
> Any ideas?
> Dave
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