From: Mike '/m' 

On Thu, 24 Apr 2003 07:45:45 -0400, "Geo."  wrote:

>"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
>news:g7eeav03fkhfcf55g5mekqp7a466uslmu8{at}4ax.com...
>
>> A most interesting development.  I guess this means that
>> security-challenged Microsoft software does not enable terrorist states?
>> Or maybe there really *are* NSA keys in Microsoft security software, and
>> that is why the US government is not concerned about the encryption
>> capabilities contained in Microsoft software.
>
>Get real. The mil types are good enough they don't even need a coded
>backdoor, they take hack better than eeye. If you want to keep them out of a
>computer that's on the net 24x7 then you write your own firewall and don't
>distribute it or you unplug.


Then why are they concerned about open source and not Microsoft?  Indeed,
you could even say that the US Gov is promoting Microsoft when you look at
the anti-trust decision and "punishment".

It is obvious that the US Gov (i.e., those mil types you speak of) feels
that Open Source software has better security than Microsoft software.



 /m

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