I brand this as a lie, a foul and contemptible lie that I will track
to its source and nail to the counter.
--S. J. Perelman
I would add that Microsoft could not possibly have the arrogance to
do such a thing and that the Germans are merely envious and paranoid.
Or is it Microsoft that's envious and paranoid?
>M$oft banned from security sensitive applications in Germany:
>
>A brief summary in English can be found at
>http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/17679.html
>
>You can read the abstract of the original report (in German) at
>http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/politik/0,1518,123170,00.html
>
>Background is many years of research and disassembly of M$oft operating
>systems and application software; the German government came apparently to
>the conclusion that the US *is* definitely using M$oft products for
>espionage, using security backdoors and key escrow provided by M$oft.
>
>Question is: if these backdoors exist undeniably, how can it be justifiable
>to use these products for health care purposes?
>
>Horst
