[Zope] Zope killed by TCPA?

[Philip Kilner]

Hi Rob,

In article <3E189E28.6050505@yahoo.co.uk>, 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.
> 

Quoting this URL "The TCPA spec has significant limits. It does not provide 
network and software support to let separate systems query each other to 
set up a secure connection. That will have to wait for version 1.2 of the 
spec, which is still under discussion at the TCPA. It will also have to 
wait for operating system support from Microsoft Corp., something most 
observers don't expect until Longhorn, the next major version of Windows 
due in 2004."

So, in the contect of an Internet/Intranet Client-Server App, we don't have 
a spec, much less a product, as yet. The problems here are exponentially 
greater than those in stand alone systems.

> 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.
> 

If XP Longhorn is the only upgrade option they have - given that many of 
them may be currently running Linux -  there will be bigger things to worry 
about at that point.

> I just think it would be a good idea for the Zope community to have a 
> community response to these questions.
>

If there is a level of concern about this in the market, then you are 
correct - but I am astonished if there is much beyond FUD in this concern 
right now. It's hard to have a meaningful discussion about the practical 
use of these systems at this early stage - it's just too early.

Regards,

PhilK

Sun, 05 Jan 2003 23:46 GMT  @ Vaio

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