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Re: The FV Problem = A Press Problem
From: IN%"[email protected]" 1-FEB-1996 02:08:33.54
>Greg Broiles <[email protected]> opined:
>We should, however, learn from what FV did right - they wrote software which
>(apparently) had or can have a real political effect. (It seems to have
>worked on Garfinkel, anyway). Cypherpunks write code? FV wrote code and got
>some attention for their otherwise unexciting message. <snip>
Now _that's_ a useful and on-target observation.
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Quite. To expand it: A. a program doesn't have to be new to the
technical community to make a difference, it just has to be new to the rest of
the world; B. publicity for programs makes a difference. If DigiCash had
come out with this program and had done the press release better than the FV
folks, I suspect we'd be cheering them on and the credit card types would be
doing worse - a good situation.
-Allen