Managing Innovation

A little thought experiment, a bit lighter than 
the complexity thread, but also, a bit related 
in that the management of uncertainty comes into 
play.  

Read this:

http://hbsworkingknowledge.hbs.edu/pubitem.jhtml?id=3687&t=innovation

Then answer the question:

Can an innovative environment produce a trusted computing system?
In short, the market demands innovation AND security.  Can we 
'do the simplest thing that will possibly work' and still produce 
a secure system.

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