Stephen Russell wrote: > On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 3:41 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Tracy Pearson wrote: >>> Code signing is down to $119 a year through a reseller for COMODO. Less when >>> you buy 2 or 3 year digital signatures. The cost has gone down in 10 years. >>> (smile) >> >> yeah yeah yeah....I know. ;-) See, it came down because not many would >> kow-tow to pay that bullsh!t cost of thousands of dollars. > ---------------- > > http://successfulsoftware.net/2008/02/27/the-great-digital-certificate-ripoff/ > > I remember paying the 499 fee back in 04 and 05 days.
From that article you mentioned: "After a bit of surfing I found this page which says that Microsoft invested in Verisign in 1996. I don’t know how much they invested, but it certainly puts things in a rather different light. So Windows authenticode certificates are effectively controlled by just 2 companies, at least one of whom is part-owned by Microsoft[3]. Companies are in business to make profits, but it seems to me that these companies are using their effective monopoly to take advantage of the situation. I only see the situation getting worse as Windows displays ever more scary warnings for unsigned software. Perhaps this is something government regulators should be investigating. Let’s hope that Verisign don’t buy Comodo as well." F*CKERS!!!!!! -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President, Chief Software Architect http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com http://twitter.com/mbabcock16 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
