Date: 17 Mar 1999 08:39:30 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel PIII "Anti Piracy Feature"? Message-ID: <rd67lsg2q25.fsf@world.std.com> In-Reply-To: Mark Ovens's message of Wed, 17 Mar 1999 00:02:14 %2B0000 References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903160854230.19918-100000@thelab.hub.org> <36EE7FEF.5B2D6587@uk.radan.com> <xzpogltktnh.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <19990317000214.C260@marder-1.localhost>
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Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> writes:
> I realize that, but it's the same _type_ of thing and could be used
> in the same way as the PIIIs serial number. The point I was making
> is that the idea is not new, which judging by the reaction to the
> PIII you'd think it was.
What Mr. Ovens is saying here is correct, but it misses the one
distinction between the Pentium III ID and previous uses of the
"hostid" concept: the difference between single- and multi-user
machines. When a hostid is uniquely bound to a *user* (as it often,
though not always will on a Pentium III), that's quite different than
being shared among all the users of a shared machine (as it often,
though not always, is on a Sun).
Fundamentally, most computers are "personal" computers, used only by
the person sitting in front of the console. This usage has a number of
different characteristics than a typical Unix "server": single-user,
focus on one task at a time, UI is primary, etc.
Be well.
Lowell Gilbert
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