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1995-10-14 - Re: Netscape rewards are an insult

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From: s1018954@aix2.uottawa.ca
To: “Dr. Frederick B. Cohen” <fc@all.net>
Message Hash: eb6f077a920ad924002fa161614580db26f3908e8f66d01d020af7f2e138e7ef
Message ID: <Pine.3.89.9510141012.A56556-0100000@aix2.uottawa.ca>
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UTC Datetime: 1995-10-14 15:04:03 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 14 Oct 95 08:04:03 PDT

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From: s1018954@aix2.uottawa.ca
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 95 08:04:03 PDT
To: "Dr. Frederick B. Cohen" <fc@all.net>
Subject: Re: Netscape rewards are an insult
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On Sat, 14 Oct 1995, Dr. Frederick B. Cohen wrote:

> 	I have a better idea.  How about an open market in break-in
> software.  We crack Netscape and offer the crack code to the highest
> bidder.  Bids start at US$25K per hole.  For the insult, Netscape has to
> outbid the competition by a factor of 2 to get the details of the hole.
> Here's how it works:
> 
Funny that you mention it, the other mailing list (or rather set of lists)
I'm on is devoted to a just such market system. The Idea Futures home page
is at http://if.arc.ab.ca/~jamesm/IF/IF.shtml. You'll find a few familiar 
faces.

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