Digital BW, The Print

At 08:35 PM 7/27/03 -0400, you wrote:
>More bad news for users of alternative inks....
>
>"____ was at a Microchip seminar and as usually
>happens at those kind of seminars, Microchip was going on about their
>new chips. One they mentioned was actually a pair of chips which
>implemented an encrypted handshake. Microchip calls these chips part of
>the KeyLock technology. The Microchip representative mentioned that they
>were supplying HP with the new chips for use in their printer cartridges,"
>
>



Guy,

Seems to me that the government will see this as a restraint of trade 
issue.  I don't think a company would be so short-sighted, but then look at 
the antics of the DVD interests.

AZ