From: "Geo." 

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.

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.

Geo.

"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
news:jgsfav0qk3odqg4i0etdrniuq92687g2vk{at}4ax.com...
> On Thu, 24 Apr 2003 09:42:11 -0400, "Geo."
 wrote:
>
> >"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
> >news:temfav09qb621fsftln0ns167j21f2r40e{at}4ax.com...
> >
> >> 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.
> >
> >Gee, I wasn't aware the mil types were allowed to talk to reporters..
> >perhaps you are confusing the people who do the work with the people who
> >need to generate re-election funds..
>
>
> Why do you think that the mil types need to talk to reporters in order to
> bump their security concerns up the ladder to those who can act on them?
>
> You're really starting to reach, Geo.
>
>  /m
>

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