] "The adoption of the new name means that we will no
] longer use the term Palladium. There are several reasons
] for this. As a code name, Palladium was successful in
] gaining widespread attention. Unfortunately, it was also
] imprecise. “Next-generation secure computing base” more
] accurately describes what we are working toward — to help
] build a more secure Microsoft Windows operating system.

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There is too much going on in this space for it all to be a coincidence. Someone decided on a counter PR effort.