[44344] in Cypherpunks
Re: Netscape gives in to key escrow
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ed Carp)
Fri Dec 1 02:10:34 1995
From: "Ed Carp" <ecarp@netcom.com>
To: Matt Miszewski <crypto@midex.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 00:44:12 +0600
Reply-To: ecarp@netcom.com
Cc: Jeff Weinstein <jsw@netscape.com>, cypherpunks@toad.com,
jsw@tera.netscape.com
> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 04:40:23 -36000
> From: Matt Miszewski <crypto@midex.com>
> Subject: Re: Netscape gives in to key escrow
> To: sameer <sameer@c2.org>
> Cc: Jeff Weinstein <jsw@netscape.com>, cypherpunks@toad.com,
> jsw@tera.netscape.com
> On Thu, 30 Nov 1995, sameer wrote:
>
> > Jeff: If Netscape comes out in favor of GAK, will you leave?
> > (Wait until February, at least, of course..) You don't have to answer
> > that to me, or the list, just think about it, and answer it for
> > yourself. Do you think "anyone else" there would leave, as you say
> > below that they don't want to go down history, etc...
> >
>
> While this would go over well in the press if handled right please let
> everyone remember that Jeff is a real person with bills to pay and food
> to put on at least his own table. Now if someone out there with their
> own business is willing to match his politics with his purse and offer
> Jeff a job at the same level if he *decides* to leave in the midst of GAK
> flak...
If Jeff decided to leave, I don't think he'd have much trouble
getting something else - I'd be surprised if he wasn't employed the
next day.
Of course, if Jeff's got any stock in Netscape, he'd be nuts to leave
- unless he values his principles more than he values his stock. No
insult intended.
