[44328] in Cypherpunks
Re: Netscape gives in to key escrow
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Charles Lewton)
Fri Dec 1 00:12:46 1995
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 21:05:09 -0800 (PST)
From: Charles Lewton <clewton@netcom.com>
To: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Cc: Jeff Weinstein <jsw@netscape.com>, cypherpunks@toad.com,
jsw@tera.netscape.com
In-Reply-To: <199511301752.MAA06161@jekyll.piermont.com>
On Thu, 30 Nov 1995, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>
> Jeff Weinstein writes:
> > sameer wrote:
> > >
> > > http://www.cnet.com/Central/News/govt.html
> > >
> > > Bad. Very Bad. And I was almost starting to like Netscape.
>
> Jeff, I'll be blunt.
>
> I'm never going to use Netscape again if it turns out to be true. Sure
--snip--
> Tell him that if he is being misquoted he'd better make sure that
> retractions get printed and fast.
--snip--
> If you don't want "Netscape Inside" to be treated as a warning label,
> you guys will reject escrow as any other ethical company would -- or
> else.
>
> Perry
>
Perfectly put, Perry. I have my store-bought copy of Netscape all
neatly wrapped and ready to send back to them, pending only their
timely response.
If I do not hear them denounce GAK, then away it goes.
Chuck
