Re: Netscape announces position against GAK

[Frank Stuart <fstuart@vetmed.auburn.edu>]

>From: tcmay@got.net (Timothy C. May)
>Subject: Re: Netscape announces position against GAK
>
>Credit where credit is due.
>
>I for one am satisfied--and even pleased--with the Netscape position on GAK.
>
>It remains to be seen how steadfast Netscape, as the major player in the
>Web browser business, remains in the face of (likely) pressure from the
>government.
>
>It seems to me that we have have been quick to criticize Netscape--which is
>good, the quickness part--and thus we should be equally quick to praise
>them. To be sure, various of us might've written the Netscape position
>statement slightly differently, but this does not change the basic point:
>that Netscape has come out against the Administration's position on GAK.
>
>For this they deserve our praise.

I agree with all of Tim's sentiments (well, in this message, anyway :>).  I'd
especially like to thank Jeff Weinstein for his hard work keeping both us
and Netscape management informed.  I think he's done us both a great service.

To avoid just saying "me too", I'll throw out another idea on making the U.S.
version of Netscape available to U.S. users over the Internet.  How about a
phone number to call to get an access id of some sort that can be used to
FTP the software.  When you call the number, you can use caller-id to verify
that the person is calling from within the U.S.  You could set up a BBS-type
system to do this automatically, or make the phone number a 900 number and
charge a few dollars to cover your costs.  You could also set up the access
id so that it can only be used once.


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