Will TCPA initiatives carve up free computing?

I have been doing some research concerning Linux ports to TCPA platforms. I have found sites promoting HP and Intel's sucess in getting Linux and Unix ported to the 64-bit chip as well as Linux and Unix versions which work with embedded hardware security designed with some of the TCPA initiatives.

I have found sites that seem to suggest that all of the major Linux distros are preparing for at least minimal TCPA compliance to address global enterprise security concerns and/or to comply with Senator Holling's CBDTPA bill if it is passed. Some of the distro companies have patented their work in this area. Some of the distro companies are also under NDAs not to talk about these developments.

Everything that NIST's IT Lab, NIPC and the Computer system Security & Privacy Advisory Board has been doing for the past several years indicates that the US government doesn't care which OSs and applications meet their criteria as long as machines on the Internet can be absolutely trusted by having everything absolutely known about them and/or the user.

Communication between TCPA members and government agencies center around the need to control access by a hardware device. Marketing material from the 150+ TCPA members to the B2B industry emphasize the use of "control" concerning computer security.

My question is this. Do you think it is feasible that Microsoft could dominate the home market with Longhorn and TCPA-compliant Linux and Unix OSs could gobble up the enterprise/government market creating a situation where everyone in the US would have to have "certified" hardware and software to do anything?

Do you have any comments about the DARPA/Wirex funded LSM project that is attempting to get TCPA functionality deep into kernel 2.5?

And can you comment on the possibilities of the Holling's bill not passing but the large corportions taking the initiative of applying a top down approach concerning Internet security to boost eCommerce by implementing TCPA standards throughtout the telecommunication companies and ISPs which would end up requiring home users to get "certified" to connect to the Internet. How do you think consumers will react to the cost of closing off the Internet after having their tax dollars build so much of the Internet? Do Americans want Internet entertainment so badly that they are willing to sacrifice everything else?

I am also curious about the possibility of Infineon-like TPMs being incorporated throughout the Internet infrastucture as countries race to set Internet security standards in an effort to prevent terrorists, enemy combatants, etc - anyone not "trusted" to access the Internet.

Do you have any comments concerning the impact of the security industry if security jobs and software are replaced with a $5.00 chip?

Any ideas on what might happend to Open Source Software if creators can't afford to have their work certified?

Is GPL currently on the endangered species lists?

If you don't have any comments, can you refer me to someone that does?

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