barge - my friend, I know how much you love and adore the 'promise' of wave. I'm not insensitive to that love nor am I trying to alter your emotions in this regard. My point is to offer a different perspective regarding the implementation of trusted computing.
Anyone that cares about the movement of digital content via the MacTel platform (clearly some don't) then watching the development of the TPM in the context of the MacTel platform should warrant a watch. To think that Apple will go through wave for trusted computing is not a foregone conclusion, at least with me.
I'm not trying to be argumentative with you. Contrary. I would like to offer the idea that a simple DRM scheme coupled with the TPM may be used that doesn't require the use of a wave software solution.
I'm not sure about apple having "eaten humble pie in the past few weeks by acknowledging that if they do not design future Apple hardware and software around the TPM platform they will soon be BURNT TOAST." I rather find this statement interesting in light of how long apple has been stealthily working on this. The transition is going to occur at lightening speed. The WinTel world STILL has not embraced the TPM, TCG, and Wave, for it it had, wouldn't we see a substantial increase in Wave's share price?
I think Intel has regained what it lost with InterTrust. They are now able to capitalize upon their motherboard realestate. That Apple wants to be part of that is a good thing for apple (in my opinion) and for end-users who want to gain digital content. That it is a good thing for wave remains to be seen in my opinion. Though I must confess I would love to see many a wavoid eat crow with an apple embracement of TPMs and wave software.
