Back on the subject of Palladium again... There is a good reason why strong-arm tactics in hardware can be a problem.  (I suppose the argument applies to software, too.)  The reason is that it would really hurt the cash flow of the hardware companies.  If the new computers all come with, say, DRM chips, then consumers will choose to use their existing computers a year or three longer than they would have otherwise.  That would cause definite short-term hardships among manufacturers.  I have lots of old computer hardware around that still works.  I don't know what the life span of some of these hardware components are, but they seem to live on for a long time.

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