From: Martin Minow <minow@apple.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 09:39:59 +0800
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Subject: Re: Blackmail / Re: e$: Skins vs. Shirts
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An anonymous correspondant writes about the recent Netscape bug:
>
>  If the people who discovered the flaw had wanted they could have
>chosen to sell their knowledge to Microsoft for probably a very
>substantial sum.
>

I would respectfully maintain that reputable companies (including
Microsoft) do not work this way. If you tell me about a bug in
a Microsoft product, I'll pass it on to Microsoft immediately;
and I know, from personal experience, that Microsoft employees
work in the same way.

Martin Minow
Apple Computer Inc.