Why is that so sad, not about cleverness, surely it is just that some
people have been realistic from early on. Since the 90s I've certainly
assumed Microsoft was in the collaboration and spying business and so
did various European governments, I seem to remember a lot of discussion
about only using open source software in government rather than Windows
etc.
On 13/06/13 07:01, Rob Myers wrote:
On 12/06/13 09:38, Patrice Riemens wrote:
GeziPark, PRISM, ERT shutdown come all as a shock.
Some of the saddest specialist responses to PRISM that I've read argue
that it isn't a shock and that clever people knew this sort of thing
was going on anyway.
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