From: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 01:39:29 -0700 (PDT)
To: "Timothy C. May" <tcmay@got.net>
Subject: Re: Netscape does the right thing
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On Wed, 9 Oct 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:

> At 1:43 PM -0500 10/9/96, Paul Robichaux wrote:
> 
> >When you buy Que's current Netscape book (_Special Edition, Using Netscape
> >3_), the included CD has the US-only, 128-bit, non-export version of
> >Navigator on it. It's a licensed copy, even! (Of course, the book also has
> >a small yellow "NOT FOR EXPORT" tag on the back cover, but who's counting?)
> >
> >For $49, getting a licensed copy of the 128-bit Navigator 3.0 plus a 1000+
> >page book is a pretty good deal. My hat's off to Netscape for choosing to
> >put the 128-bit version on the CD, and to Macmillan/Que for bothering to
> >get the software in the first place. I really do believe that Netscape
> >wants to get secure software out as widely as possible.
Egghead has 128 bit Navigator 3.0 on sale for $29. You heard me right. The 
clerk at Egghead, speaking broken English, failed to ask me for my passport.

--Lucky