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To: Aaron Cooperband who wrote (75799)	3/8/1999 7:56:00 PM
From: Jeff Fox	Respond to of 186894

Aaron re: PSN - "consider the benefits of having it from a business point of view." Yes, that's the gist of the benefit of external control of your PC. Thank you for your reasoned, well stated argument. It is my belief that PSN isn't a great way to enforce software license. For one it makes it a royal pain to switch out for new hardware. A user has to mess with reregistration of all such software. Also complicates software running in a workgroup. Personally I am a fan of the Smart Card for this application. The advantage is that it travels with the individual - attached to person - to whatever station you chose. This technique has been implemented in my satellite service receiver, but, alas, its not on the radar for PC systems. Back to the point - I'm more concerned with how Intel is handling the subject more than these aspects. I don't think the security thing is good business, I don't like the liability exposure, and I think that these values are best solved by other means. Intel should have prepared the market before committing to these features. In the future I hope Intel does a better job with whatever they choose do in this area. Jeff P.S. 'Nuff said on this subject...