1996-04-24 - Re: Golden Key Campaign

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From: Jeff Weinstein <jsw@netscape.com>
To: Hal <hfinney@shell.portal.com>
Message Hash: bb8aea5c9faea1af1b5b364b95561d1fd7e46f2b0a1690f7a814b5fc9af78cf9
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Reply To: <199604232353.QAA13608@jobe.shell.portal.com>
UTC Datetime: 1996-04-24 13:47:16 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 21:47:16 +0800

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From: Jeff Weinstein <jsw@netscape.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 21:47:16 +0800
To: Hal <hfinney@shell.portal.com>
Subject: Re: Golden Key Campaign
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Hal wrote:
> No, the thing that worries me most is patent infringement.  And the main
> company I worry about is RSA, one of the sponsors of this golden key
> effort.  Note that RSA's logo is a key, and we see the RSA key at the
> bottom of our Netscape screens all the time.  I don't remember if it's
> golden.

  The key at the bottom of the Netscape window is not the RSA logo, and
doesn't even look much like it.  Our key is meant to convey the
absence or presence of encryption via a metaphor that is understandable
to the average home user, not as an advertisement for RSA.

	--Jeff

-- 
Jeff Weinstein - Electronic Munitions Specialist
Netscape Communication Corporation
jsw@netscape.com - http://home.netscape.com/people/jsw
Any opinions expressed above are mine.





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