[81866] in Cypherpunks
Re: Blackmail / Re: e$: Skins vs. Shirts
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Martin Minow)
Sun Jun 15 21:59:15 1997
In-Reply-To: <199706151846.OAA09246@dhp.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 1997 17:48:41 -0700
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
From: Martin Minow <minow@apple.com>
Reply-To: Martin Minow <minow@apple.com>
An anonymous correspondant writes about the recent Netscape bug:
>
> If the people who discovered the flaw had wanted they could have
>chosen to sell their knowledge to Microsoft for probably a very
>substantial sum.
>
I would respectfully maintain that reputable companies (including
Microsoft) do not work this way. If you tell me about a bug in
a Microsoft product, I'll pass it on to Microsoft immediately;
and I know, from personal experience, that Microsoft employees
work in the same way.
Martin Minow
Apple Computer Inc.
