[67747] in Cypherpunks
Re: Netscape does the right thing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lucky Green)
Thu Oct 10 04:59:19 1996
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 01:39:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
To: "Timothy C. May" <tcmay@got.net>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <v03007803ae8213598ea6@[207.167.93.63]>
On Wed, 9 Oct 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:
> At 1:43 PM -0500 10/9/96, Paul Robichaux wrote:
>
> >When you buy Que's current Netscape book (_Special Edition, Using Netscape
> >3_), the included CD has the US-only, 128-bit, non-export version of
> >Navigator on it. It's a licensed copy, even! (Of course, the book also has
> >a small yellow "NOT FOR EXPORT" tag on the back cover, but who's counting?)
> >
> >For $49, getting a licensed copy of the 128-bit Navigator 3.0 plus a 1000+
> >page book is a pretty good deal. My hat's off to Netscape for choosing to
> >put the 128-bit version on the CD, and to Macmillan/Que for bothering to
> >get the software in the first place. I really do believe that Netscape
> >wants to get secure software out as widely as possible.
Egghead has 128 bit Navigator 3.0 on sale for $29. You heard me right. The
clerk at Egghead, speaking broken English, failed to ask me for my passport.
--Lucky
