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Nothing but respect for Rutkowska. Still think x86 and PC architecture are the kinds of abomination that should be cleansed with fire.

>>jstewa+(OP)
So your security solution is to just quit using computers?

>>mi100h+m2
Look into the many different architectures developed from the 60s all the way up to the early 80s. B5000, Symbolics, Alto, VAX, Connection Machine, etc... There are so many ways to go about it, and we really chose the wrong door.

Even back in the 70s, guys like Minsky and Kay knew that bending the man to accommodate the machine was not the way to go about it. x86 is even worse than that because we're bending the man to a half-baked machine that is the result of a collection of historical missteps committed by guys who were geniuses at chemistry and physics, but amateurs at computing.

Then to add insult to injury, in the early days of the PC, IBM drug their feet and tried to hobble the thing enough so that it wouldn't eat into their mainframe sales. I believe that was part of why Microsoft parted ways with them.

>>jstewa+j5
Maybe that's true, but it's not like I can go out and buy a VAX laptop at Best Buy.

In light of current circumstances, Rutkowska has developed a solution that's arguably more than just "reasonably" secure.

>>mi100h+Q7
As alternative architectures go, Apple's tablets and smartphones have done rather well when it comes to revenue and market penetration. Also never had to clean a virus off of one.

Hopefully the next platform shift will also iron out that ugly little wrinkle of centralized control.