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Source: The Register

Source: Security Focus

The responses to the recent publication of Microsoft's "Palladium" project are as varied as the putative sources of the initiative's namesake in Greek Mythology.

Some say the "Palladium" is a statue of Athena; others say it was a figurine made by Athena in the image of her lost friend Pallas, whom she killed in a childhood battle. Most contend that after the Palladium was stolen from Troy, the city then became vulnerable to attack and fell victim to the original Trojan Horse.