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to: Geo.
from: Adam Flinton
date: 2003-04-24 22:57:24
subject: Re: US Gov sez: Open Source enables terrorists

From: Adam Flinton 

Geo. wrote:
> You still don't understand what my point was, it's not about security, it's
> about government funding of efforts that will make it tougher on our spooks.
>

Including your Internal/ "homeland" Security spooks......

> The government can control Microsoft exports, they cannot control who
> downloads free OS from the web. If the control was there the funding would
> be too.


Yup & they can control the big proprietary boxes like Sun & IBM
shift. Can't do that with x86....

Adam

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