Re: MS Funded/Founded by NSA?

2000-02-20 Thread amp
On Sat, 19 Feb 2000, Tim May wrote: It's also a waste of time to write FAQs, I've concluded. I suspected this before, but now I know it for sure. Those who most need to read a FAQ are usually the least likely to do so. Those who read widely don't _need_ a FAQ. FAQs are thus mostly useful for

Re: MS Funded/Founded by NSA?

2000-02-19 Thread Matthew Gaylor
John Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is that old news or new, or merely a French counterattack on Echelon-like espionage? [Note from Matthew Gaylor: Nearly every security expert I know won't use Windows on their personal machines. Everyone is aware of the security issues that arise with

Re: MS Funded/Founded by NSA?

2000-02-19 Thread Tim May
At 12:26 PM -0800 2/19/00, John Young wrote: A French intelligence report alleges that Microsoft was set up with NSA funding and that NSA imposed MS-DOS on IBM, and also alleges that NSA agents are now working at Microsoft: http://cryptome.org/nsa-ms-spy.htm The full confidential report has

Re: MS Funded/Founded by NSA?

2000-02-19 Thread John Young
Very well, your rebuttal would be an informative addition to the file, if you don't object. To pick up on a couple of your points: There should be a sustained burst of activity from Europe on the Echelon affair as EuroParl deliberates on it, guided by the four 1999 Echelon reports prepared by

Re: MS Funded/Founded by NSA?

2000-02-19 Thread Tim May
At 5:58 PM -0800 2/19/00, John Young wrote: Very well, your rebuttal would be an informative addition to the file, if you don't object. Wayne Madsen is quoted today in Canada's National Post that the EU hearings are a joke. That all nations spy on each other and only a fool thinks otherwise: