From: “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@piermont.com>
To: shamrock@netcom.com (Lucky Green)
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UTC Datetime: 1995-09-24 21:21:26 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 24 Sep 95 14:21:26 PDT
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 95 14:21:26 PDT
To: shamrock@netcom.com (Lucky Green)
Subject: Re: "Going after Netscape"
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Lucky Green writes:
> >> So, keep on "attacking" Netscape (kudos to Ray, by the way,
> >> though I've seen Netscape bomb on certain sites, as with the
> >> Cypherpunks archive site, as several of us noted a few months
> >> ago...probably a different problem, but indicative that Netscape
> >> can be corrupted). But let's be careful not to convey any flavor
> >> of this being a vendetta.
> >
> >I agree. The goal is not to kill Netscape but to make the net
> >secure.
>
> Absolutely. We aren't on a vendetta. We want to make the net secure for
> privacy.
Agreed. My main purpose in harrassing Netscape is that I have to live
with customers who insist on using it and I want them to be safe. If
that means having to attack it enough that the the press starts
noticing and management starts paying attention as a result, so be it.
Perry
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