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Re: AUCRYPTO: Bidzos pro-wassenaar posturing.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rich Salz)
Sun Jan 10 17:47:37 1999
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 00:32:54 -0500 (EST)
From: Rich Salz <salzr@certco.com>
To: Julian Assange <proff@iq.org>
Cc: Darren Reed <darrenr@reed.wattle.id.au>, aucrypto@suburbia.net,
cryptography@c2.net
In-Reply-To: <wxemp5o4bg.fsf@yoshi.iq.org>
> The motivations around Bidzos/RSA's recent public
> pro-export-control stance are quite clear.
Hm, I read the quote as "yeah, right, like herding cats it will happen."
Seeing "Bad" ulterior motives in RSA/Australia is also impugning Eric
and Tim, remember.
Bidzos and RSA have a pretty good record vis-a-vis US controls, and
it seems doubtful they'd change position overnight.
The patents expire soon; an obvious strategy is to build a brand and
demand for it.
/r$
