An article from the Associated Press, appearing on Yahoo covers an interview with Bill Gates of Microsoft about the Next Generation Secure Computing Base (formerly known as Palladium, FAQ Here).

Key questions were whether the system would require users to use it for all documents (his answer: no, but they'd all want to), and whether there were interoperability issues with the system and its interaction with other platforms.

Oddly enough, in response to the second question, Mr. Gates said, "I don't do the software on those systems." However, clearly the question of the Macintosh is at least partially hidden in here, and Microsoft is one of the largest Macintosh software producers in the world. Makes you think...