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1996-10-02 - Re: Clipper III on the table

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From: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1996-10-02 04:02:04 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 12:02:04 +0800

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From: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 12:02:04 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Clipper III on the table
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At 7:11 pm -0400 10/1/96, Lucky Green wrote:
> Allow me to say here that I do not belive that Netscape will be amongst
> those fooled so easily. But IBM, HP, TIS, and others have already been
> fooled.

Actually, I think those companies have been coerced. Microsoft will be next.

Remember that IBM and Microsoft have a very clear understanding of what
government coercion is, both at the hands of the DOJ's anti-trust section.

I agree with Lucky's earlier hypothesis that HP's doing this to curry favor
for government contracts in lieu of an actual marketing strategy, and I
leave TIS's motives up to the list as an exercise. ;-).

Cheers,
Bob Hettinga

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