[67107] in Cypherpunks
Re: NYT on IBM GAK
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jim bell)
Wed Oct 2 20:21:18 1996
Date: Wed, 02 Oct 1996 14:03:51 -0800
To: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
From: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
At 08:26 AM 10/2/96 -0700, Lucky Green wrote:
>
>
>On Wed, 2 Oct 1996, John Young wrote:
>
>> The New York Times, October 2, 1996, pp. D1, D8.
>> Executives of the International Business Machines
>> Corporation said late yesterday that they were still lining
>> up the final list of companies in the alliance. Those
>> involved will include Digital Equipment and smaller
>> data-security companies including RSA Data Security, Cylink
>> and Trusted Information Systems.
>
>We are in deep trouble.
>--Lucky
Wouldn't a letter-writing campaign be in order here?
How often do these companies get protest letters? Generally, my experience
has been that people actually listen to such objections, if for no other
reason than they are usually so rare. The moment I first heard of
"Clipper," I looked up the manufacturer of the "Clipper" microprocessor
(assuming that there was a connection) and called that company, fully
prepared to "ream them a new one!" It turned out that they had nothing to
do with the chip, etc, appreciated my call, and were entirely sympathetic.
While that was an uninvolved company, I think it's likely that some
corporate decisions are based on the assumption that the public won't
notice. Give them enough feedback and they'll react.
Jim Bell
jimbell@pacifier.com
