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TonyMcFadden

10/16/03 8:54 AM

#13972 RE: awk #13969

Awk, interesting numbers...

HP and IBM are sewn up.

Dell needs to tell us whose motherboard they use...
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zen 88

10/16/03 9:07 AM

#13974 RE: awk #13969

Dell is conspicuously absent from all TCG

discussion and membership. According to awk's post, they are the co-world leader in PC sales. They sell to many, many government agencies. If you look at this list from the TCG site:

Current Members

Promoters

AMD
Hewlett-Packard
IBM
Intel Corporation
Microsoft

Contributors

Agere Systems
ATI Technologies Inc.
Atmel
Broadcom Corporation
Comodo
Fujitsu Limited
Gemplus
Infineon
Legend Limited Group
National Semiconductor
Nokia
NTRU Cryptosystems, Inc.
NVIDIA
Philips
Phoenix
Rainbow Technologies, Inc.
SCM Microsystems, Inc.
Seagate Technology
Shang Hai Wellhope Information
Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.
Sony
Standard Microsystems Corporation
STMicroelectronics
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Texas Instruments
Utimaco Safeware AG
VeriSign, Inc.
Wave Systems

Adopters

Ali Corporation
Fujitsu Siemens Computers
Gateway
M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers
Silicon Integrated Systems Corp.
Softex, Inc.
Toshiba Corporation


..you see EVERY OEM on awk's list (including Gateway, who isn't), except Dell. Very odd, yet you KNOW they've GOT to join the fray at some point.