Privacy concerns of the Crusoe Model (Score 1)

I am concerned with the business model and architecture Transmeta has chosen for the Crusoe Processor family. One reporter asked about viruses and the reply was "we" shut down all the pathways right away so there is no access to the underlying processor or morph code. At the same time Linus joked about what other processor could you get a fix from the web for an instruction gone bad.

Without open sourcing the morph code Transmeta has created a black box. This processor not only has the potential but was specifically designed to track everything that is going on in the machine and react at a very high level. People flipped their lid when a number was imbedded in the Pentium III. Transmeta has the means to imbed, remove and potentially send anything they wish or are pressured to do.

It is my belief that a major reason for Linux growth in the world is the ability for nations and individuals to not only take the word of the distributor but have the means to verify it themselves.

I hope Transmeta can see this very real obstacle for what it is and opens up the morph software as soon as they possibly can.

I feel Privacy and Freedom are integral parts of the same thing. I look forward to Transmeta changing their cash flow away from needing a proprietary lock on the Morph code. I hope they will see this as code death in the internet space.

The processor won't be a personal processor for me until I can look at the source and compile it myself. Then I know what I have and it is mine. This is the only processor package I've seen that has the potential. I have in Linux my "own" OS and I always wanted my own processor. I don't think I am alone. :)