[Gllug] OT: Microsoft sandbox?

Paul Lee plee at weycrest.net
Fri Aug 29 18:40:41 UTC 2003


Huw Lynes wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 17:55:31 +0100
> Doug Winter <doug at pigeonhold.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Anyone got any idea what the technology being referred to here is?
>>
>>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-5-794887,00.html
>>
> 
> sounds like a windows version of User Mode Linux. Or possibly a windows
> implementation of chroot?
> 
> 

Umm no. Its looks like trusted computing platform. ie: trusted to only 
run MS Windows ;o)

Of course the press give MS an easy ride again, by basically reprinting 
a Microsoft press release
and not enquiring why OSX and Linux are less prone to virii now without 
requiring a
complete redesign of the PC.

-- 
Paul Lee


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