From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 12:48:05 +0800
To: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@amaranth.com>
Subject: Re: Microsoft will NOT ship browser with RSACi on by default
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Wait -- so you're saying they *didn't* do the right thing with RSACi?

BTW, we should differentiate generally between state action and private
action. Getting fucked by Microsoft != getting fucked by the government.
This is Libertarianism 101. Of course, I admit today the distinction was
blurry.

-Declan

On Wed, 16 Jul 1997, William H. Geiger III wrote:

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> In <Pine.GSO.3.95.970716193112.16504K-100000@well.com>, on 07/16/97 
>    at 07:31 PM, Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> said:
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> >Kudos to Microsoft for doing the right thing.
> 
> Well if Microsoft was intrested in doing the right thing they would not be
> involded with RSACi at all.
> 
> There seems to be a prevelent attitude in the INet community that when
> getting fucked by the government we should thank them for only sticking it
> in half-way.
> 
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