MS Patent for DRM OS

[Ken Brown]

Jonathan Care wrote:
> 
> Peter Fairbrother wrote:

[...snip...]

> > M$ have been writing OS's without regard to security for so long, I doubt
> > they can write a secure one anyway. And if they can, why haven't they done
> > so already?
> 
> M$ have some incredibly bright people there. I know of a close friend with a
> PhD in digital signal processing who used to work Malvern-way has now gone
> across to Seattle. I know of another acquaintance with an awesome,
> encyclopaedic knowledge of VMS kernel and the security issues associated
> with it who is also in Redmond. It appears to me that Microsoft have the
> resources and the will to create an operating system should they desire to.


I don't think anyone doubts that they could create a secure operating
system. (I wouldn't be surprised if they already have half a dozen, if
only as training exercises or proofs of concept)) The difficulty is
creating a secure operating system that is invisibly compatible with
what they already have.  Such things are best done from scratch.


Ken Brown