It's tragic (especially if you care about general-purpose computing and the future of open platforms), and a sign that Microsoft's Palladium project was never r

It's tragic (especially if you care about general-purpose computing and the future of open platforms), and a sign that Microsoft's Palladium project was never really canceled. Boil the frog... Of course, Microsoft would say it's not about DRM (at least right now), it's for "security." Which... its secure as Microsoft's servers are, to be sure.