rra42 wrote:
Since April last year when IBM started shipping ThinkPads with TCPA ( http://www.eet.com/sys/news/OEG20020424S0013 ) it has no longer been credible for us to tell prospective Zope/python clients that it will never happen.
They are reading that TCPA will solve their virus/ confidentiality/ spam/ security problems and they want to know if investments they make in a Zope/Python solution today will continue to look like a smart decision two years from now when, with "software assurance" TCPA enabled XP Longhorn is the only upgrade option they have.
I just think it would be a good idea for the Zope community to have a community response to these questions.
Best wishes,
Look, if TCPA would really cause something like zope not to work anymore, it would also - cause any legacy application not to work - make it impossible to develop anything in-house - kill any software-company not being able to shell out $100000 to certify their software - kill any software where it's not financially feasible to certify it, IOW, nearly everything you can find on something like tucows would vanish Since the above amounts to appr. 95% of all software, tell your clients if this were true they'll probably have some bigger problems than zope. cheers,o liver