[93012] in Cypherpunks
Shoddy crypto wares
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Sun Jan 11 18:09:26 1998
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 98 09:32:15 EST
In-Reply-To: <19980111.045850.4894.5.Lord_Buttmonkey@juno.com>
Reply-To: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
lord_buttmonkey@juno.com (Matthew L Bennett) writes:
> >Oh yeah, that's the way free enterprise works... if you make your
> >product
> >shitty, your customers will pay more for it! Hey maybe if I do a
> >crappy
> >job, my employer will pay me more!
>
> Erm, no.
>
> Some businesses put out shoddy encryption products, regardless.
In most industries, some vendors can get away with selling a shoddy product/
service because their cost of good sold is typically less, and they can
charge a lower price, some some buys will go for it.
