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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (30228)	4/6/2000 12:53:00 PM
From: JDN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Dear Kenneth: I read your URL and am SHOCKED at the Brazeness and Audacity of MSFT with their W2000. I sure hope that the DOJ is aware of this and makes sure that MSFT doesnt STEAL our internet too. JDN

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (30228)	4/6/2000 1:14:00 PM
From: QwikSand	Respond to of 64865

Here is a little more related information. Dated, but gives the flavor. SOP for M$. They don't document interfaces and guard source code in the name of "security"; I've been fed that line on the M$ tech support line when I harangued them about how much easier it would be to do certain things if they published the spec for NTFS. "Security" they replied. But anybody that deals with cryptography and general security issues knows what they teach in crypto 101: All that matters is the quality of your algorithm, not its secrecy. Every high-confidence security scheme in commercial use (excluding military technology) is trusted precisely because it is public and has been reviewed by experts for quality. Microsoft, like they often do, are lying. --QS nrl.navy.mil